Vine, Bernadette, Kell, Susan, Marra, Meredith and Holmes, J. (2009) Boundary-marking humor: institutional, gender and ethnic demarcation in the workplace. In: Humor in Interaction. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (No.182). John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 125-141. ISBN 9789027254276

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Abstract

Drawing on recorded workplace meetings of Maori and Pakeha women in one New Zealand government department, this paper illustrates some of the complexities of boundary-marking humor. In particular, we analyse examples where the humor illuminates some of the tensions experienced by less powerful groups working within the institutional parameters or frameworks of more dominant groups or sources of influence. The relevant in-group shifts and the humor may correspondingly orient to boundaries dividing different institutional groups, different sexes, and different ethnic groups at different times. In each case, no members of the out-group are present and the humor functions to build solidarity and rapport between in-group members.

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Series Name:	Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Publisher:	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN:	9789027254276
Book Title:	Humor in Interaction
Editor:	Norrick, Neal R. and Chiaro, Delia
Date:	3 July 2009
Number:	No.182
Number of Pages:	238
Page Range:	pp. 125-141
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48390

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