“When does Ethnic Humour become Racist? – When it Migrates to US and UK”
Cross Cultural Distinctions between Racist and Ethnic Humour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19216992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandar Takovski (0000-0002-5797-2404, AAB College, corresponding author), Guillem Castañar-Rubio (Tallinn University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2026.10150 |
| OpenAlex | W7163713197 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The meanings of race and ethnicity vary across cultures and states. The differences are a result of different histories of colonization, migration, and, in consequence, racialization. The concept of race is a more encompassing category in Western European societies and the USA, where it is also a political commodity that structures social and political relations and views. The same concept in the Western Balkan states, organized along ethnic lines, still draws on the disputed biological notion of race. The same conceptual differences structure the views of racist as opposed to ethnic humor. The Western European idea of race as a cultural construct that lumps different social groups through the process of racialization and the interpretation of racism as an ideology that discriminates against any social group, informs the Western reading of both racist and ethnic humor. On the other hand, Balkan societies and their ethnic based structuration and distinct understanding of race and ethnicity inform different views of the concepts of racist and ethnic humor. In this respect, this study tends to empirically evidence the cross-cultural variations between European societies and the USA, and Balkan societies regarding the understanding of the differences between racist and ethnic humor
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |