This introduction to the Special Issue on cringe humour briefly traces the starting point of the contemporary cringe boom, and it looks into the roots of awkwardness as a cultural phenomenon in the 1960s. Moreover, the introduction argues for the cathartic potential of cringe humour in the context of sociopolitical issues, and briefly presents the subsequent articles
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s a...
Drawing upon the perspective of the cultural studies of emotions, this article examines the receptio...
In order to examine the context of entertainment (through studying the particular form of television...
This article aims to approach the phenomenon of cringe in four steps: First, from a sociological per...
Cringe comedies differ from traditional embarrassment humour by being explicitly aimed at evoking no...
Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, t...
Kessel M, Merziger P, eds. The Politics of Humour. Laughter, Inclusion, and Exclusion in the Twentie...
In this introductory article to a special issue on ‘the politics and aesthetics of humour’, we argue...
International audienceIn the “age of cringe” (Schwanebeck 2021) and parallel to the emergence of “cr...
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s a...
This article approaches cringe comedy through the lens of its affectivity, of the somatic experience...
Cringe humor combines the seemingly opposite emotional experiences of amusement and embarrassment du...
As the title implies, the volume aims to chart the points of contact between humour and the modern m...
This article approaches cringe comedy through the lens of its affectivity, of the somatic experience...
The article discusses the use of canned jokes in mass media texts and radio programs. The study is ...
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s a...
Drawing upon the perspective of the cultural studies of emotions, this article examines the receptio...
In order to examine the context of entertainment (through studying the particular form of television...
This article aims to approach the phenomenon of cringe in four steps: First, from a sociological per...
Cringe comedies differ from traditional embarrassment humour by being explicitly aimed at evoking no...
Although comedy is an important aspect of contemporary culture and a significant presence in film, t...
Kessel M, Merziger P, eds. The Politics of Humour. Laughter, Inclusion, and Exclusion in the Twentie...
In this introductory article to a special issue on ‘the politics and aesthetics of humour’, we argue...
International audienceIn the “age of cringe” (Schwanebeck 2021) and parallel to the emergence of “cr...
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s a...
This article approaches cringe comedy through the lens of its affectivity, of the somatic experience...
Cringe humor combines the seemingly opposite emotional experiences of amusement and embarrassment du...
As the title implies, the volume aims to chart the points of contact between humour and the modern m...
This article approaches cringe comedy through the lens of its affectivity, of the somatic experience...
The article discusses the use of canned jokes in mass media texts and radio programs. The study is ...
This article argues that cringe humour in British television had begun at least by the early 1960s a...
Drawing upon the perspective of the cultural studies of emotions, this article examines the receptio...
In order to examine the context of entertainment (through studying the particular form of television...
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