Iranian political satirists
Subtitle: experience and motivation in the contemporary era
By: Mahmud Farjami, Ghent University
Series: Topics in humor research (THR) -- volume 5; Topics in humor research -- v. 5.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9789027202321
Subjects: Humor; Politics and government; Persian Satire; History and criticism; Iranian Satirists; Interviews; Caricatures and cartoons; Editorial cartoons; History
Description: This volume surveys political satire as a journalistic genre, especially as expressed in cartoons, in Iran since the latter days of the Qajar dynasty to the present, thus spanning one century and more. It is an important resource, but it also provides an analysis. Moreover, this volume is a rare effort to answer a question that looks simple but is very complicated:?Why would someone produce satire, knowing that this act might be followed by dangerous consequences??, and to find out what motivates political satirists. For this aim, nine prominent political satirists have been interviewed: writers and cartoonists, men and women, those who live abroad and those who still live in Iran. The author analyses this data in relation to, among other things, the main theories of humor to provide a descriptive report for each satirist?s motivations as well as the strength of each motivational element in a general comparative context.
Notes: Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The book, the topic and the author; title: Tradition and inheritance : humor and satire in classical Persian literature; title: Modern experience : political satire in contemporary Iranian media; title: Theoretical approaches to humor and satire; title: A conceptual and theoretical framework; title: Exploring the date : methodology and process; title: Arriving at insights : finding from research; title: Drawing conclusions; title: Epilogue: Notes and comments on the study; title: Appendix.