Unruly Women and Carnivalesque Countercontrol: Offensive Humor in Mediated Social Protest | Zendy

Anne Graefer | Zendy; Allaina Kilby | Zendy; Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore | Zendy

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Unruly Women and Carnivalesque Countercontrol: Offensive Humor in Mediated Social Protest

Author(s) -

Anne Graefer,

Allaina Kilby,

Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of communication inquiry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 1552-4612

pISSN - 0196-8599

DOI - 10.1177/0196859918800485

Subject(s) - offensive , carnivalesque , amusement , media studies , sociology , aesthetics , political science , psychology , art , social psychology , economics , management

At the Women’s March in January 2018, many protest posters featured offensive jokes at the expense of Trump’s body and behavior. Such posters were shared widely online, much to the amusement of the movement’s supporters. Through a close analysis of posts on Instagram and Twitter, we explore the role of “vulgar” and “offensive” humor in mediated social protest. By highlighting its radical and conservative tendencies, we demonstrate how we can understand these practices of offensive humor as a contemporary expression of “the carnivalesque” that is complexly intertwined with social change.

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