Laughter as a key to understanding social relationships
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2019.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The ethnographic survey conducted in Roubaix’s markets, as political, professional, and multidimensional urban places, reveal a specific type of communication favored by vendors, consisting mostly of men from North Africa: laughter. First, jokes used with customers represent a professional know-how with a commercial goal. In addition, what they say about their own paths is full or self-derision. Finally, their mockery of market officers allows them to legitimate their authority. Laughter represents a key to understanding professional relationships but, more widely, social and power relations.
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The ethnographic survey conducted in Roubaix’s markets, as political, professional, and multidimensional urban places, reveal a specific type of communication favored by vendors, consisting mostly of men from North Africa: laughter. First, jokes used with customers represent a professional know-how with a commercial goal. In addition, what they say about their own paths is full or self-derision. Finally, their mockery of market officers allows them to legitimate their authority. Laughter represents a key to understanding professional relationships but, more widely, social and power relations.
Réseaux sociaux