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71	Outside Looking In: Stand-Up Comedy, Rebellion, and Jewish Identity in Early Post-World War II America Taylor, John Matthew January 2010 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Before the “sick” comedians arrived onto the comedy landscape political and culturally based humor was considered taboo, but the 1950s witnessed a dramatic transformation to the art of stand-up comedy. The young comedians, including Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, became critical of American Cold War policies and the McCarthyistic culture that loomed over the nation’s society. The new stand-up comics tapped into a growing subculture of beatniks and the younger generation at large that rebelled against the conservative ideals that dominated the early post-war decade by performing politically and socially laced commentary on stage in venues that these groups frequented. The two comedians that best represent this comedic era are Jewish comics Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce. Their comedy was more politically oriented than the other “sick” comics, and they started an entertainment revolution with their new style. They became legendary by challenging the status quo during a historically conservative time, and inspired numerous comics to take the stage and question basic Cold War assumptions about race, gender, and communism. Post-War Jewish Identity Sahl, Mort Bruce, Lenny Jews -- Identity Jewish comedians Stand-up comedy Comedy Politics, Practical -- United States Cold War
72	Political socialisation and its implications within a rural setting in South Africa : a case study of Calais Village in Limpopo province Mbabvu, Desmond 02 1900 (has links) The central issue in this study is political socialisation and its implications within a rural setting in South Africa with a particular focus on Calais village in Limpopo Province. The aim of the study is to determine how adult residents of Calais village, are politically socialised; and furthermore to assess the impact of the socialisation process on the residents’ political behaviour within a democratic South Africa. In order to achieve the research purpose, face-to-face interviews were conducted with forty (40) adult residents in Calais village. The study revealed that the respondents were politically socialised by the media, immediate family, peers, extended family, political parties, local municipality, school, traditional leadership, ward committee and religious institutions. The media were the most important agent, while the religious institutions were the least. Furthermore, NGOs and trade unions were not socialisation agents in Calais village. The socialisation process had an impact on the respondents’ political behaviour in terms of political interest, party identification, political beliefs, efficacy, knowledge, awareness and participation. / Political Sciences / M.A. (Politics) Agents of political socialisation Calais village Political attitudes Political behaviour Political expectations Political information Political knowledge Political orientations Political participation Political socialisation Political values Residents Role Rural and traditional setting 306.2096825

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Outside Looking In: Stand-Up Comedy, Rebellion, and Jewish Identity in Early Post-World War II America

Political socialisation and its implications within a rural setting in South Africa : a case study of Calais Village in Limpopo province