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Author: | Parkhill, K. A. (et al.) |
Title: | Laughing it off? Humour, affect and emotion work in communities living with nuclear risk |
Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2011 : JUN, VOL. 62:2, p. 324-346 |
Index terms: | emotions risk sociology residential environment |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The purpose of the paper is to analyze and theorize humour as a way of examining the meanings and functions of risk. The study is based on data from a set of narrative interviews. The article shows how humour can both mask and reveal undisclosed affectively charged states about living near a nuclear power station. |
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