Publications

Publication details [#51674]

Santa Ana, Otto. 2009. Did you call in Mexican? The racial politics of Jay Leno immigrant jokes. Language in Society 38 (1) : 23–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comedy | immigrant | joke | racism | television

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This example of anti-immigrant jokes in Jay Leno's U.S. late-night show in 2006, a period witnessing unprecedented demonstrations requiring justice for immigrants, reveals how political comedy can constitute an insidious discursive practice that diminishes audience’s critical judgment.