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Racism in recent Greek migrant jokes
HUMOR ( IF 1.288 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-27 , DOI: 10.1515/humor-2018-0044
Argiris Archakis , Villy Tsakona

Abstract One of Davies’ significant contributions to the sociology of humor involves the exploration of the relation between jokes and the social order. He particularly argues that jokes seem to work like a “thermometer” conveying truths for the sociopolitical system. In our study, we aim to analyze jokes related to the migration crisis and circulated online since 2014 following Davies’ methodological guidelines. During the past few years, the number of migrants arriving at Greek shores has significantly increased. The prospect of Greece becoming a permanent base for these people has evoked diverse reactions. Migrant jokes seem to be part of Greek majority’s response to the migration ‘threat’ against national sovereignty and linguocultural homogeneity. They (re)produce and perpetuate xenophobia and racism by portraying migrants as ‘dangerous invaders’ in the Greek territory and as ‘culturally inferior’ people. Hence, such jokes align with dominant values and standpoints circulating in the Greek public sphere via underscoring the inequality between the Greek majority and migrants and via naturalizing the latter’s assimilation to majority norms and values.

中文翻译:

最近希腊移民笑话中的种族主义

摘要 戴维斯对幽默社会学的重要贡献之一是探索笑话与社会秩序之间的关系。他特别指出,笑话似乎就像一个“温度计”,为社会政治体系传达真相。在我们的研究中,我们的目标是分析自 2014 年以来按照戴维斯的方法论准则在网上流传的与移民危机相关的笑话。在过去几年中,抵达希腊海岸的移民人数显着增加。希腊成为这些人永久基地的前景引起了不同的反应。移民笑话似乎是希腊多数人对针对国家主权和语言文化同质性的移民“威胁”的回应的一部分。他们将移民描绘成希腊领土上的“危险入侵者”和“文化上的劣等人”,从而(重新)制造和延续仇外心理和种族主义。因此,这些笑话通过强调希腊多数人和移民之间的不平等,并使后者对多数人的规范和价值观的同化自然化,从而与希腊公共领域中流行的主流价值观和立场保持一致。
更新日期:2019-05-27
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