Laughing through the virus the Zimbabwean way: WhatsApp humor and the twenty-one-day COVID-19 lockdown
| dc.contributor.author | Chibuwe, Albert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Munoriyarwa, Allen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-20T06:53:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-20T06:53:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In many African countries, jokes represent one of the many means used by citizens to cope with a crisis. Chibuwe and Munoriyarwa explore how Zimbabweans utilize WhatsApp jokes, which are anchored in the concept of the “everyday,” to cope with pandemic-induced lockdowns. COVID-19 jokes provide citizens momentary relief from fear and function as a defense mechanism against COVID-19 and its effects, enabling citizens to confront and rationalize fear, death, and suffering. Chibuwe and Munoriyarwa argue that jokes are also a means of speaking truth to power by disgruntled citizens attempting to cope with a health crisis, in a context characterized by corruption, state repression, and bad governance. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.20 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chibuwe, A., & Munoriyarwa, A. (2022). Laughing through the virus the Zimbabwean way: WhatsApp humor and the twenty-one-day COVID-19 lockdown. African Studies Review, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.20 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1555-2462 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/11684 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Author(s) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Zimbabwe | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Humor | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Satire | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Social media | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Health | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Laughing through the virus the Zimbabwean way: WhatsApp humor and the twenty-one-day COVID-19 lockdown | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |