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Keywords

French
stand-up comedy
controversy
racism
stereotypes

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Tsakona, V. (2023). Book review: Ervine, Jonathan (2019). Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus, and Contradictions. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. The European Journal of Humour Research, 11(1), 240–245. Retrieved from https://ww.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/759

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