TY - JOUR AU - Basu, Sammy AU - Zekavat, Massih PY - 2021/11/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Contingent dynamics of political humour JF - The European Journal of Humour Research JA - EJHR VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Editorial DO - 10.7592/EJHR2021.9.3.635 UR - https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/635 SP - 1-8 AB - <p><em>This article introduces the themes of the special issue. It offers a provisional working conception of “political humour.” It then notes some of the tendencies and challenges for scholarship on political humour, namely, that political humour interacts contingently and conditionally with intentions, contexts, and audiences. The individual articles of the special issue are briefly summarized, and some concluding lessons drawn.</em></p> ER -