Talk
The Ambiguous Politics of Humor in Egypt
Part of "Art and Power in the Middle East: Past and Present"Sunday, February 23, 2020, 6:30PM
NYUAD Campus, Conference Center
Past Event
Open to the Public
This talk examines how humor in 21st-century Egypt is both a form of subversive political action and a mode of hegemonic cultural expression that reinforces certain social hierarchies. Examples from before, during, and after the 2011 uprising demonstrate how important humor is in understanding the revolution and how it faltered.
Speaker
Jessica Winegar, President, Middle East Section, American Anthropological Association; Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University
This talk examines how humor in 21st-century Egypt is both a form of subversive political action and a mode of hegemonic cultural expression that reinforces certain social hierarchies. Examples from before, during, and after the 2011 uprising demonstrate how important humor is in understanding the revolution and how it faltered.
Speaker
Jessica Winegar, President, Middle East Section, American Anthropological Association; Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University
- Jessica Winegar, President, Middle East Section, American Anthropological Association; Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University