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The process of conceptualization of humor related to Native Americans in the Czech Republic

Authors: Šavelková Lívia | Perlíková Klára

Year: 2016

Type of publication: ostatní - konference, koncert

Publisher name: Syddansk Universitet

Page from-to: nestránkováno

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
eng	The process of conceptualization of humor related to Native Americans in the Czech Republic	People in the former socialist countries, such as Czechoslovakia (and other so-called post-socialist countries) used humor as a way to overcome their everyday experiences with the oppression of the regime and absurd situations the system had created. At the same time humor as a form of cultural expression and reaction to the regime reflected the notion of Native Americans in Central Europe, and was also a form of constructing its own idea of “exotic others” as well. Due to the prevailing stereotype of the perception of Native Americans as Noble Savages and Karl May ́s books ́ influence on this notion specific expressions were created and became common forms of vocabulary hiding real meanings that state police and censorship could not decode the real content of the message. This paper will present various forms of humor (caricatures, word expressions, songs) related to the Native Americans which have prevailed until nowadays. We would also like to point out to the fact that the function of humor within its original context is complex, and that in the process of its translation into other language (or into a different cultural context) its subject matter is semantically limited or transformed.	humour, Native Americans, Czech Republic, conceptualization

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