CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Humour, Defamiliarization, Heritage Minutes
3 Feb 2018
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Canadian studies lecture 4 january 31st 2017. Both as legitimate authority and objective of desire. Cbc funnels comedy into a canadian framework . Something that is taken too seriously, we can employ irony onto it. Designed to get people to laugh at their situation. References an original text, reproduces it but differently. Imitates it often times at the expense of the original text. Doesn"t cross the line to offend people, still mocking in a sense. Similar to parody that it points out the ridiculous, however makes it ridiculous. Focuses attention on something else to make us feel good. Feel reluctant to talk about these things. Channels emotions into an artistic and legitimate form, we are directing these emotions at someone else. Defamiliarization (mock heritage minutes, humour as defamiliarization) The state celebrity is a particular social type located at the nexus of state, nation building and official culture.
