Living in darkness
Internet humour and the politics of Egypt's electricity infrastructure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2247704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chihab El Khachab (0000-0002-4113-1424, DPhil candidate in anthropology at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His doctoral research examines the everyday use of new media technologies in the Egyptian film industry. He is also an avid consumer of Egyptian internet comics., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 21-24 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8322.12268 |
| OpenAlex | W2500693465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
Power cuts have become a lively subject of discussion in Egypt, and they have been extensively mocked in internet memes. Based on a selection of images from the popular Asa7be page, this article examines the visual techniques and joking conventions employed in online memes in order to criticize the Egyptian state's management of the country's electricity infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |