Humoresques

The symbolic Power of Humour :genre et dérision

Appel à contribution (avant fin février 2016):

for seminar session ESSE European Society for the Study of English (Galway 2016)

Title: The Symbolic Power of Humour: Gender Issues and Derision

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and 
consequently to correct our neighbour. Henri Bergson, Laughter (1900).

A woman should be chaste. She should know the difference between public 
and private. She should not laugh in public. Bülent Arinç, Turkey's 
Deputy Prime Minister (July 2014).

The aim of this seminar will be to study the complex normative 
relationships between the authors of humour and the butts of their 
jokes regarding gender issues. On the one hand it will examine how 
women and men have used humour to ridicule or laugh at the 
stereotypical normative and/or anti-normative gender attitudes: 
feminist humour, sexist humour, misogynist humour, antifeminist humour, 
self-mockery. On the other hand, it will attempt to analyse the 
normative purpose of humour, including its role in the construction of 
new gender norms.

The papers may use approaches from various fields of study: history of 
ideas, literature, philosophy, journalism, cinema, painting, sciences, 
arts, etc. No historical period will be excluded.

Proposals (between 200-300 words) and a brief biographical note should 
be sent by February 28th 2016 to 
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NB: The seminar format is intended to encourage lively participation on 
the part of both speakers and members of the audience. For this reason, 
papers will be orally presented in no longer than 15 minutes rather 
than read. Reduced versions of the papers will be circulated beforehand 
among participants. Further directions will follow in the call for 
papers.


Convenors: Dr. Florence Binard, Senior Lecturer in Modern British 
History and Gender Studies (Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris 
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Renate Haas, Professor of English Studies (University of Kiel, Germany) 
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Modern History (Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France) 
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