Wogs as work: humour as ethnic entrepreneurship and convivial labour
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Article Title | Wogs as work: humour as ethnic entrepreneurship and convivial labour |
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ERA Journal ID | 34681 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Carniel, Jessica and Persian, Jayne |
Journal Title | Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
Journal Citation | 37 (4), pp. 480-493 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1030-4312 |
1469-3666 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2253382 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10304312.2023.2253382 |
Abstract | In post-war Australia, the word ‘wog’ was used to describe the southern Europeans who dominated the mass migration schemes, particularly Italians and Greeks. The evolution of ‘wog’ from slur to celebration peaked in the 1990s, led by second-generation migrant comedians. This paper sets out the history of this evolution and the societal context in which ‘wog’ humour was invented in a uniquely ‘Australian’ way. Many of the cultural texts that make up the wog phenomenon have centred on themes of work and labour – from the original Wogs Out of Work to Pizza and Housos. This paper extends its consideration of labour in these works beyond themes in the content to argue that the act of ethnic humour is a form of convivial labour and ethnic entrepreneurship. |
Keywords | ethnic slurs; labour; ethnic humour; convivial labour; multiculturalism |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470211. Migrant cultural studies |
430302. Australian history | |
449999. Other human society not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Centre for Heritage and Culture |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z0x57/wogs-as-work-humour-as-ethnic-entrepreneurship-and-convivial-labour
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