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- W64692886 abstract "This thesis investigates the function of humour in the survival of the Aboriginal people against all odds, including the onslaught of invasion, dispossession, powerlessness and oppression since the British invasion in 1788. In my ethnographic journey I am doing something different as an Aboriginal researcher in that insider research is used as my principal methodology. I am able to draw on my own understanding of how humour works in practice as well as in theory. The manifestations of Aboriginal humour in everyday life, together with the reasons why given incidents are funny, are an important part of the contextual cultural information that I bring to this thesis. The oppression of Aboriginal people following European settlement in Australia is marked by government policies which disempowered them, as well the racism which resulted in the clash of cultures and the crisis of identity for Aborigines. In the earlier chapters I draw upon the work of anthropologists, and historians of race relations, to discuss aspects of these issues. The discussion I provide of humour considers how far the emotions and humour are inextricably entwined, and addresses the elements of them. It is found that humour is a universal phenomenon but its manifestations vary from culture to culture. There is a close relationship between social structures and humour. Earlier anthropologists documented humour’s capacity for easing social conflicts, relieving tensions and for promoting order, as they understood it. When a culture is oppressed by another, this is reflected in how humour is expressed. The thesis briefly discusses three ethnic groups in situations of disempowerment whose specific styles of humour have played a role in cultural survival and whose socio-cultural strategies for survival can be compared with those of Aborigines. Culture and humour were closely interconnected in Aboriginal society. It is shown how humour worked in particular settings as a complex institutionalised practice central to Aboriginal culture, and how and why it could be used to regulate social behaviour by joking and shaming tactics. Aboriginal humour had to change, expand or re-form to meet new challenges. Humour was a weapon of the weak and it supported a subculture which grew out of the powerless situation in which Aborigines were placed by the dominant white group. Irony, satire and parody have been strategies of resistance in a colonised and a postcolonising Australia. Aborigines moved out of a culture of silence. Through using the benefits of education, there was progression towards empowerment. In the final three chapters, Black literature, Aboriginal theatre and black visual art and film are discussed and analysed; these were used to make statements of protest, and there developed a new self-awareness where Aboriginal humour pervaded the creative work in these areas. This demonstrates Aboriginal resilience in the face of dire circumstances which threatened their very survival. In the conclusion, connections are identified between traditional and more contemporary modes of Aboriginal humour. Despite destructive European impact, it has persisted as a tool of survival, resistance, and the maintenance of identity." @default.
- W64692886 created "2016-06-24" @default.
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- W64692886 date "2015-01-12" @default.
- W64692886 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W64692886 title "The role of Aboriginal humour in cultural survival and resistance" @default.
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