Humour as a Bourgeois Shibboleth? Humour and Social Boundaries in Schlaraffia Associations, 1859–1939

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Humour as a Bourgeois Shibboleth? Humour and Social Boundaries in Schlaraffia Associations, 1859–1939

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Schlaraffia is the name of still existent male associations cultivating friendship, art and humour while maintaining a peculiar pseudo-medieval ritual. The first society of this name was founded in Prague in 1859. Subsequently, the idea spread throughout the world among German-speaking elites. By 1939, there were over three hundred branches on the territory of 29 present-day states. What started off as a local table society of artists transformed itself into a worldwide network of (upper) middle class elite. This paper shows how humour was instrumentalised as a social boundary, a kind of bourgeois shibboleth to distinguish the exclusive society from the lower middle class, not to say working class. Due to the social transformation of the membership, Schlaraffian humour was civilised, i.e. subdued to middle class morals. Schlaraffia hierarchised humour, defined it as the “highest form of comedy” and counterposed it against the alleged impertinence of the lower classes jest, wit, or prank. Humour as social distinction was associated with specific taste and knowledge needed to decode the (inside) jokes. Apart from being a subtle but effective social boundary, shared taste and knowledge through humour also helped cement the heterogeneous socio-professional groups that made up the bourgeoisie.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Humour as a Bourgeois Shibboleth? Humour and Social Boundaries in Schlaraffia Associations, 1859–1939

Popis výsledku anglicky

Schlaraffia is the name of still existent male associations cultivating friendship, art and humour while maintaining a peculiar pseudo-medieval ritual. The first society of this name was founded in Prague in 1859. Subsequently, the idea spread throughout the world among German-speaking elites. By 1939, there were over three hundred branches on the territory of 29 present-day states. What started off as a local table society of artists transformed itself into a worldwide network of (upper) middle class elite. This paper shows how humour was instrumentalised as a social boundary, a kind of bourgeois shibboleth to distinguish the exclusive society from the lower middle class, not to say working class. Due to the social transformation of the membership, Schlaraffian humour was civilised, i.e. subdued to middle class morals. Schlaraffia hierarchised humour, defined it as the “highest form of comedy” and counterposed it against the alleged impertinence of the lower classes jest, wit, or prank. Humour as social distinction was associated with specific taste and knowledge needed to decode the (inside) jokes. Apart from being a subtle but effective social boundary, shared taste and knowledge through humour also helped cement the heterogeneous socio-professional groups that made up the bourgeoisie.

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CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60200 - Languages and Literature

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-04979S" target="_blank" >GA23-04979S: Šlarafie: prvek hry v kultuře 19. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Humor. International Journal of Humour Research

ISSN

1613-3722

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

38

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

193-209

Kód UT WoS článku

001467480500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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