Creative Resistance

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Creative Resistance is written by Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf and published by transcript Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3839440696 (ISBN 10) and 9783839440698 (ISBN 13).

During the uprisings of the Arab Spring between 2010 and 2012, oppositional movements used political humor to criticize political leaders or to expose the absurdities of the socio-political conditions. These humorous expressions in various art forms such as poetry, stand-up comedy, street art, music, caricatures, cartoons, comics and puppet shows were further distributed in the social media. This first comprehensive study of political humor in the uprisings explores the varieties and functions of political humor as a creative tool for resistance. It analyzes humorous forms of cultural expression and their impact on socio-political developments in different countries of the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the changing modes of humor.