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388017550 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code THR 6 Eb 15 9789027265500 06 10.1075/thr.6 13 2017026459 DG 002 02 01 THR 02 2212-8999 Topics in Humor Research 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities</TitleText> 01 thr.6 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/thr.6 1 A01 Massih Zekavat Zekavat, Massih Massih Zekavat Yazd University 01 eng 218 vii 210 LAN009030 v.2006 CFG 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.HUMOR Humor studies 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 06 01 <i> Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities</i> conveys how satire can contribute to the construction of social subjects’ identities. It attempts to provide a theoretical ground for a novel understanding of the relationship between satire and identity by finding their common denominator, namely opposition, in order to explain the mechanism through which satire can form identities. After establishing the role of opposition in satire and identity construction through a detailed analysis of various theories, it will be argued that satire can contribute to the construction of racial, ethnic, national, religious, and gender identities. Several examples from British, Persian, ancient Roman literary traditions, and different epochs illustrate the theoretical discussions. The prevalence of satire and the challenges that identity has encountered in our contemporary world guarantee the significance of this study and its socio-political implications. 05 On the whole, Zekavat’s work is a major contribution to the fields of humour studies and satire. 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