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Publication details [#66299]

Nwankwo E., Izuu. 2019. Incongruous liaisons: Routes of humour, insult and political (in)correctness in Nigerian stand-up jokes. The European Journal of Humour Research 7 (2) : 100–115.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comedy | humor | insulting | joke

Place, Publisher

Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies

Annotation

This article examines how four Nigerian comics—I Go Dye, Basket Mouth, Klint da Drunk and AY—utilize self-censorship in obviating offence.