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"The ongoing migration 'crisis' in European countries (2015 to date) has fostered different stances and practices within European nation-states, ranging from xenophobia to solidarity. In this context, two contradictory discourses seem to coexist: the national racist discourse and the humanitarian, antiracist one. This volume brings together studies investigating diverse semiotic strategies through which liquid racism emerges, which consists of ambiguities and contradictory interpretations due to the fact that racist views infiltrate discourse intended as antiracist. The volume includes critical and pragmatic analyses of texts coming from various sources, such as news articles, parliamentary discourse, political cartoons, video clips, advertising campaigns based on personal stories, and jokes. It is an outcome of the research project "TRACE: Tracing Racism in Anti-raCist discoursE: A critical approach to European public speech on the migrant and refugee crisis" (HFRI-FM17-42, HFRI 2019-2022, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation)"--

Humour in politics and the politics of humour: an introduction / Villy Tsakona and Diana Elena Popa -- Humour by politicians. Fun in the German parliament? / Ralph Mueller -- Informal talk in formal settings: humorous narratives in Greek parliamentary debates / Argiris Archakis and Villy Tsakona -- "Stop caressing the ears of the hooded": political humour in times of conflict / Marianthi Georgalidou -- Entertaining and enraging: The functions of verbal violence in broadcast political debates / Marta Dynel -- Political humour in the media. Political satire dies last: A study on democracy, opinion formation, and political satire / Diana Elena Popa -- Studies in political humour. Being Berlusconi: Sabina Guzzanti's impersonation of the Italian Prime Minister between stage and screen / Clare Watters -- Mocking fascism: popular culture and political satire as counter-hegemony / Efharis Mascha -- Public debates and political humour. Politics of taste in a post-socialist state: a case study / Liisi Laineste -- Humour and Stalin in a National Theatre of Greece postmodern production: a discussion about Greek theatre / Vicky Manteli -- Postscript: a final (?) note on political humour / Diana Elena Popa and Villy Tsakona