political humor in the gdr and the prc
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Comparative Studies of political humor in German Democratic Republic (GDR) and People’s Republic of China (PRC)
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WANG, Ningkang Heidi 08050244
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Comparability of GDR and PRC Political humor of two states
Theme one: Top leader/bureaucracy Theme two: socialism Theme three: daily life
Interaction, or instinct? Conclusion
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Similarities between PRC and GDR
People’s Republic of China (1949-)
German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
1. Same founding year
2. Socialist countries
3. Propaganda penetrate into almost every aspects of lives of their citizen (Schneider, Smith, Poisson, & Kwan,1997)
4. Influence from Soviet Union
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People’s Republic of China (1949-)
German Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
Isolated from the West Strongly influenced
by the western society
Differences between PRC and GDR
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Bureaucracy Top leaderTop leader
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socialismcapitalism
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socialismcapitalism
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socialismcapitalism
socialismcapitalism
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Socialism Socialism
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China East Germany
banana
My first banana
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Daily life Freedom of speech
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Daily life Poor quality
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Daily life Poor qualityDaily life Freedom of speech
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Unpopular dentist…
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Themes combined
Specific symbol
Not specific symbol
Laugh at top leader using inconsistent
element
Praising top leader by
translating inconsistent element into
flexibility
Direct at socialism
Direct at capitalism
Freedom of speech
Poor quality goods
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Interaction, or instinct?
A form of resistance or means of political
agitation
Under same influence of ideology dissatisfaction
Common jokes E.g. freedom of speech
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Interaction, or instinct?
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Heavy industry
lack of attention on light industry
Poor quality of goods
GDR PRCUSSR
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Conclusion
Both East Germany and China political humor based on the dissatisfaction of legitimacy of the state
BUT the degree of tolerance is different…
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Every joke is a tiny revolution.
George Orwell