Bilingual Humor, Authentic Aunties, and the Transnational Vernacular at Gezi Park
<p>Mass-mediated American culture and the English language became raw materials for vernacular protest humor alongside images of headscarf-wearing middle-aged “aunties” during antigovernment protests in Turkey in the summer of 2013. Focusing on posts shared on Facebook and Twitter by Turkish p...
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| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Transnational American Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2md6f6fr |