Henriette Frees Esholdt
Forskare
Virgins, Terrorists, and Ten Children : Immigrants' Humorous Play with Ethnic Stereotypes in Bonding with Danes in the Workplace
Författare
Summary, in English
Drawing on fieldwork in a multi-ethnic workplace (an industrial kitchen in Denmark), this article explores immigrants' self-directed ethnic humor in collegial relationships with Danes as it spontaneously develops and plays out in everyday work settings. Approaching ethnic humor from a symbolic interactionist perspective rather than adopting the dominant conflict approach, this article emphasizes the bonding functions of ethnic humor. The article argues that immigrants' engagement in playful behavior with ethnic stereotypes in interactions with Danes is a form of “impression management” in which they defuse ethnic stereotypes and dissociate themselves from them by building joking relationships in the workplace with Danes. A video abstract is available at https://tinyurl.com/esholdt.
Avdelning/ar
- Sociologi
Publiceringsår
2019-04-14
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
691-716
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Symbolic Interaction
Volym
42
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
University of California Press
Ämne
- Social Psychology
Nyckelord
- ethnic humor
- ethnic stereotype
- impression management
- joking relationship
- spontaneous humor in interaction
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0195-6086