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Chinese Indonesians Stand-Up Comedians on YouTube: Laughing with or Laughing at

Authors
Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan1, *, Wina Aprilia Tirtapradja2, Alvin Steviro3
1Literature Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
2English Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
3Depok, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: shuri.mariasih@ui.aci.id
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Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan
Available Online 29 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese Indonesians; Ethnic Identity; Stand -Up Comedy; Stereotype; YouTube
Abstract

Humour is a powerful tool to convey social critique. This research aims to investigate how four young Chinese Indonesians stand-up comedians strategically use comedy to contest the hegemonic discourses of Chinese Indonesians identity. By conducting a textual analysis on recorded television performances that could also now be viewed in YouTube, research findings show how as stand-up comedians, they use humour in articulating their minority positioning. By doing self-deprecation especially in relation to issues such as Chinese Indonesian parenting, their (in)visibility, and being a double or even triple minority, they are inviting the audience to laugh with them in challenging mainstream stereotypes of Chinese Indonesians through their comical narratives and punch lines.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 May 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_47How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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