TY - JOUR ID - 245360 TI - The Battery Dies Quicker Than a Black Guy: A Thematic Analysis of Political Jokes in the American and Iranian Contexts JO - International Journal of Society, Culture & Language JA - IJSCL LA - en SN - AU - Jalilifar, Alireza AU - Savaedi, Seyed Yousef AU - Don, Alexanne AD - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran AD - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran AD - University of New South Wales, Australia Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 15 KW - America KW - Context KW - Humor KW - Politics KW - Theme DO - N2 - As a central component of political discourse and a prolific resource for argument, political humor targets leaders, politicians, or representatives as well as political institutions, groups, actions, and parties. Each of these groups is liable to be a political humor theme. Although previous literature has proved that analyzing the themes of political wisecracks presents valuable information about the socio-political concerns, thematic analysis of political jokes, particularly, in Iranian and American contexts, as a necessary clue for understanding serious sociopolitical issues seems to be an area in need of further analysis. In order to address this problem, this study investigated the most popular themes in Iranian and American political humor. Analysis showed that the general themes of Iranian and American political humor are more similar than different. However, while sexual infamy, racism, and gun control marked considerable themes of American humor, despotic forces and religion-related humor seemed to be exclusively Iranian. UR - https://www.ijscl.com/article_245360.html L1 - https://www.ijscl.com/article_245360_79d6603e6755e7cab826a9893d9cf342.pdf ER -