Chinese Indonesians Stand-Up Comedians on YouTube: Laughing with or Laughing at
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Chinese Indonesians; Ethnic Identity; Stand -Up Comedy; Stereotype; YouTube
- Abstract
Humour is a powerful tool to convey social critique. This research aims to investigate how four young Chinese Indonesians stand-up comedians strategically use comedy to contest the hegemonic discourses of Chinese Indonesians identity. By conducting a textual analysis on recorded television performances that could also now be viewed in YouTube, research findings show how as stand-up comedians, they use humour in articulating their minority positioning. By doing self-deprecation especially in relation to issues such as Chinese Indonesian parenting, their (in)visibility, and being a double or even triple minority, they are inviting the audience to laugh with them in challenging mainstream stereotypes of Chinese Indonesians through their comical narratives and punch lines.
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TY - CONF AU - Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan AU - Wina Aprilia Tirtapradja AU - Alvin Steviro PY - 2023 DA - 2023/05/29 TI - Chinese Indonesians Stand-Up Comedians on YouTube: Laughing with or Laughing at BT - Proceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 604 EP - 611 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47 ID - Tambunan2023 ER -