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Publication Date: 1987
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The Communal Constraints of Parody: The Symbolic Death of Joe Bob Briggs.
Morris, Barry Alan
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v73 n4 p460-73 Nov 1987
Discusses the failure of Joe Bob Briggs' parody of "We Are the World" in terms of the development of the communal sense that creates a set of group norms, which in turn create "phantom constraints" of which the parody's author may not be aware.(NKA)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Figurative Language, Humor, Language Usage, Literary Styles, Minority Groups, Newspapers, Parody, Popular Culture, Reader Text Relationship, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Invention, Satire, Writing for Publication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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