Numbing the Heart: Racist Jokes and the Aesthetic Affect
People sometimes resist the idea that racist humor fails on aesthetic grounds because they find it funny. They make the case that we can enjoy its comic aspects by controlling our attention, by focusing on a joke’s rhythm or delivery rather than on its racist content. Ironic intent may reside with...
| Published in: | Contemporary Aesthetics |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc.
2014-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=707 |