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The humorous stylization of "new" women and men and conservative others
Die humoristische Stilisierung von "neuen" Frauen und Männer und den konservativen Anderen
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Abstract In this article I will discuss how a circle of middle-aged academics recreates its moral order of new gender standards by a consonant staging of the "others" and the "self" – "them" vs. "us". The progressive self as well as the conservative other with whom the self is confronted are exaggeratedly st... view more
In this article I will discuss how a circle of middle-aged academics recreates its moral order of new gender standards by a consonant staging of the "others" and the "self" – "them" vs. "us". The progressive self as well as the conservative other with whom the self is confronted are exaggeratedly stylized in a similarly disjunctive way over the course of various stories. Hyper-stylization sharpens a juxtaposition of social types which is humorously overdrawn. The comical performance becomes a factor of amusement for the group.... view less
Keywords
gender; social construction; attitude; self-image; stereotype; conservatism; morality; joke; academic; group; humor
Classification
Social Psychology
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Method
theory application; qualitative empirical; empirical
Collection Title
Style and social identities : alternative approaches to linguistic heterogeneity
Editor
Auer, Peter
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
de Gruyter
City
Berlin; New York
Page/Pages
p. 445-475
Series
Language, power and social process, 18
ISBN
978-3-11-019080-9
Status
Postprint; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works