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Conversational Humour and (Im)politeness: A pragmatic analysis of social interaction
Valeria Sinkeviciute
[Topics in Humor Research 8] 2019
► pp. 125–148

Chapter 6
Frontstage and backstage reactions to jocularity

Article outline
  • 6.1Goffman, the presentation of self and reality television
  • 6.2Frontstage and backstage in the Big Brother house
  • 6.3From frontstage to backstage, from mock impoliteness to impoliteness
    • 6.3.1 Big Brother Australia: “Everything he says to me it’s like he stabs me in the face”
      • 6.3.1.1Frontstage I (1)
      • 6.3.1.2Backstage I
      • 6.3.1.3Backstage II
      • 6.3.1.4Frontstage II
      • 6.3.1.5Frontstage I (2)
    • 6.3.2 Big Brother UK: “[S]he keeps winding me up about what happened the other day”
      • 6.3.2.1Frontstage I (1)
      • 6.3.2.2Backstage I
      • 6.3.2.3Backstage II
      • 6.3.2.4Frontstage I (2)
      • 6.3.2.5Frontstage II
  • 6.4Summary
  • Notes