Editorial: Confronting power with laughter
Special issue on political humour
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Tsakona, V., & Popa, D. E. (2013). Editorial: Confronting power with laughter. The European Journal of Humour Research, 1(2), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2013.1.2.tsakona

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