{"product_id":"internet-humor-and-nation-in-hctor-fern-ndez-lhoeste-9781683404293","title":"Internet, Humor, and Nation in Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow online humor influences politics and culture in Latin America \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003e volume is the first to provide a comprehensive Latin American \u003cbr\u003eperspective on the role of humor in the Spanish- and Portuguese-language\u003cbr\u003e Internet, highlighting how the production and circulation of online \u003cbr\u003ehumor influence the region's relation to democracy and civil society and\u003cbr\u003e the production of meaning in everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral case\u003cbr\u003e studies consider memes, including discussions of political cartoons in \u003cbr\u003eMexico and imagery that portrays the mismanagement of natural disasters \u003cbr\u003ein Puerto Rico. Essays on Brazil examine how memes are shared on \u003cbr\u003eWhatsApp by Jair Bolsonaro supporters and how the Instagram account \u003cbr\u003eBarbie Fascionista offers memes as political commentary. Other case \u003cbr\u003estudies consider video content, including the sketches of Argentinian \u003cbr\u003ecomedian Guillermo Aquino, the short-form material of Chilean vlogger \u003cbr\u003eGerm疣 Garmendia, and a satirical YouTube column created by journalists \u003cbr\u003ein Colombia. Contributors also offer new methodologies for studying the \u003cbr\u003elaughable on social media, including a model for analyzing fake Twitter \u003cbr\u003eaccounts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInternet, Humor, and Nation in Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e demonstrates that Internet humor can generate novel means of public \u003cbr\u003einteraction with the political and cultural spheres and create greater \u003cbr\u003eexpectations of governmental accountability and democratic \u003cbr\u003eparticipation. This volume shows the importance of paying serious \u003cbr\u003eattention to humorous digital content as part of contemporary culture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eva Paulino Bueno Juan Poblete Alberto Centeno-Pulido Dami疣 \u003cbr\u003eFraticelli Juan Carlos Rodr?uez Viktor Chagas Paul Alonso \u003cbr\u003eUlisses Sawczuk da Silva H馗tor Fern疣dez L'Hoeste Alejandra Nallely\u003cbr\u003e Collado Campos R. S疣chez-Rivera M駘odine Sommier F畸io Marques \u003cbr\u003ede Souza\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Reframing Media, \u003cbr\u003eTechnology, and Culture in Latin\/o America, edited by H馗tor Fern疣dez \u003cbr\u003eL'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodr?uez \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication of this \u003cbr\u003ework made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American \u003cbr\u003eRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H馗tor Fern疣dez l'Hoeste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683404297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683404293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d","brand":"H馗tor Fern疣dez l'Hoeste","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790446751999,"sku":"9781683404293","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2142472c-ac23-46a5-9ac4-fa8504556abe.jpg?v=1707288965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/internet-humor-and-nation-in-hctor-fern-ndez-lhoeste-9781683404293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}