Dick Zijp
Biographic Data
| ID | 6397188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dick Zijp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dick |
| FAMILY NAME | Zijp |
| SIGNATURE | ZIJP D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0469-6167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Caught in the crosshairs
Deconstructing comic persona
Introduction – The allure of cabaret
Cabaret remains an understudied cultural form. While comedy scholarship has prioritised stand-up comedy in examinations of live comedy, research on cabaret has been sparse, and has primarily examined its origins and early successes in turn-of-the-century Paris and Weimar Germany. This special issue brings together cabaret scholars from different geographical and cultural backgrounds, making their work available to an international readership. The…
The rise in humor scandals
From Muhammad cartoons to debates over “wokeness”, humor frequently sparks controversies and scandals, yet the phenomenon remains under-researched. This study investigates the rise and characteristics of humor scandals in eight European countries – Belgium (Flanders), Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain – between 1990 and 2022. The research aims to map humor scandals, analyze their frequency, and understand their …
Comic innocence
In recent years, humour has re-entered the public sphere as a serious and potentially explosive topic of debate, giving rise to social conflicts and controversies. Paradoxically, however, humour has at the same time been passionately (and often aggressively) defended as innocent and harmless. I propose the notion of ‘comic innocence’ to make sense of this paradox. I take Dutch and American studies of racism, white innocence and racial ignorance a…
Humour and the public sphere
In this article, which serves as an introduction to a special issue on humor and the public sphere, we argue that humor has become increasingly central to public discourse in the 21st century, and that this necessitates a rethinking of the relationship between humor and the public sphere in contemporary democracies. In the article, we bring together the dispersed academic literature on humor and the public sphere, and show how humor and comedy sc…
Rashi Bhargava and Richa Chilana
The politics and aesthetics of humour in an age of comic controversy
In this introductory article to a special issue on ‘the politics and aesthetics of humour’, we argue that today in the Global North, humour forms a heavily debated topic, which is deeply embedded in political struggles over who are included and excluded in post-9/11 nation states. Under influence of the recent shift from post-politics to hyper-politics in the European and Anglo-American public sphere, we observe a repoliticisation of humour. To u…
Those who laugh as a body today, will march as a body tomorrow’
Comedians are often celebrated for critically confronting their audiences, thereby upsetting deep-held beliefs of spectators and contributing to progressive change. In this article, I will use Dutch comedy as my case study to demonstrate that comedians’ playful opposition to the audience has serious political implications and reveals a deep suspicion towards political community. By analysing this fear of the community, this article contributes to…
The Politics of Humour and Nostalgia in Dutch Cabaret
In this paper, I analyse the conservative implications of nostalgia in the famous Dutch cabaret song ‘Het Dorp’ as well as the humorous deconstruction of nostalgia’s conservative politics in two recent parodies of this song. Dutch cabaret is a popular form of theatre comedy which might involve joke-telling, sketches and songs, and in which social critique plays a pivotal role. In recent years, comedians have increasingly questioned the conservati…
The politics and aesthetics of humour in an age of comic controversy
In this introductory article to a special issue on ‘the politics and aesthetics of humour’, we argue that today in the Global North, humour forms a heavily debated topic, which is deeply embedded in political struggles over who are included and excluded in post-9/11 nation states. Under influence of the recent shift from post-politics to hyper-politics in the European and Anglo-American public sphere, we observe a repoliticisation of humour. To u…
Humour and the public sphere
In this article, which serves as an introduction to a special issue on humor and the public sphere, we argue that humor has become increasingly central to public discourse in the 21st century, and that this necessitates a rethinking of the relationship between humor and the public sphere in contemporary democracies. In the article, we bring together the dispersed academic literature on humor and the public sphere, and show how humor and comedy sc…
Those who laugh as a body today, will march as a body tomorrow’
Comedians are often celebrated for critically confronting their audiences, thereby upsetting deep-held beliefs of spectators and contributing to progressive change. In this article, I will use Dutch comedy as my case study to demonstrate that comedians’ playful opposition to the audience has serious political implications and reveals a deep suspicion towards political community. By analysing this fear of the community, this article contributes to…
Comic innocence
In recent years, humour has re-entered the public sphere as a serious and potentially explosive topic of debate, giving rise to social conflicts and controversies. Paradoxically, however, humour has at the same time been passionately (and often aggressively) defended as innocent and harmless. I propose the notion of ‘comic innocence’ to make sense of this paradox. I take Dutch and American studies of racism, white innocence and racial ignorance a…
Rashi Bhargava and Richa Chilana
The Politics of Humour and Nostalgia in Dutch Cabaret
In this paper, I analyse the conservative implications of nostalgia in the famous Dutch cabaret song ‘Het Dorp’ as well as the humorous deconstruction of nostalgia’s conservative politics in two recent parodies of this song. Dutch cabaret is a popular form of theatre comedy which might involve joke-telling, sketches and songs, and in which social critique plays a pivotal role. In recent years, comedians have increasingly questioned the conservati…
The politics and aesthetics of humour in an age of comic controversy
In this introductory article to a special issue on ‘the politics and aesthetics of humour’, we argue that today in the Global North, humour forms a heavily debated topic, which is deeply embedded in political struggles over who are included and excluded in post-9/11 nation states. Under influence of the recent shift from post-politics to hyper-politics in the European and Anglo-American public sphere, we observe a repoliticisation of humour. To u…
Those who laugh as a body today, will march as a body tomorrow’
Comedians are often celebrated for critically confronting their audiences, thereby upsetting deep-held beliefs of spectators and contributing to progressive change. In this article, I will use Dutch comedy as my case study to demonstrate that comedians’ playful opposition to the audience has serious political implications and reveals a deep suspicion towards political community. By analysing this fear of the community, this article contributes to…
Comic innocence
In recent years, humour has re-entered the public sphere as a serious and potentially explosive topic of debate, giving rise to social conflicts and controversies. Paradoxically, however, humour has at the same time been passionately (and often aggressively) defended as innocent and harmless. I propose the notion of ‘comic innocence’ to make sense of this paradox. I take Dutch and American studies of racism, white innocence and racial ignorance a…
Humour and the public sphere
In this article, which serves as an introduction to a special issue on humor and the public sphere, we argue that humor has become increasingly central to public discourse in the 21st century, and that this necessitates a rethinking of the relationship between humor and the public sphere in contemporary democracies. In the article, we bring together the dispersed academic literature on humor and the public sphere, and show how humor and comedy sc…
Rashi Bhargava and Richa Chilana
Deconstructing comic persona
Introduction – The allure of cabaret
Cabaret remains an understudied cultural form. While comedy scholarship has prioritised stand-up comedy in examinations of live comedy, research on cabaret has been sparse, and has primarily examined its origins and early successes in turn-of-the-century Paris and Weimar Germany. This special issue brings together cabaret scholars from different geographical and cultural backgrounds, making their work available to an international readership. The…
The rise in humor scandals
From Muhammad cartoons to debates over “wokeness”, humor frequently sparks controversies and scandals, yet the phenomenon remains under-researched. This study investigates the rise and characteristics of humor scandals in eight European countries – Belgium (Flanders), Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain – between 1990 and 2022. The research aims to map humor scandals, analyze their frequency, and understand their …
Caught in the crosshairs
Art (8 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Comics (4 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)