Offers a look on how Australian humor describes the status of women in several literary works. Women writers' treatment of their marginalization in society; Creation of a world where gender power relations are reversed; Description of male myths of nationhood; Satirical presentation of gender bias..

Imperialism in New Testament (related) films relates to an important aspect of the reception of the Bible in film. After a brief investigation of the concept imperialism, this contribution explores particular instances where imperialism and NT themes intersect in film: the relationship between imperialism, Jesus-followers and Romans; satirical approaches to imperialism in NT films; and, the int...

Satirical news and its effects on outcomes such as appreciation persuasion have gained considerable currency a topic of research in mass communication studies. Through the framework construal level theory, we investigated whether different levels spatial distance influence these effects. In between-subjects experiment, participants United Kingdom (UK; n = 282) New Zealand (NZ; 370) read satiric...

Automatic satire detection is a subtle text classification task, for machines and at times, even for humans. In this paper we argue that satire detection should be approached using common-sense inferences, rather than traditional text classification methods. We present a highly structured latent variable model capturing the required inferences. The model abstracts over the specific entities app...

The relationship between text and image in later medieval art is complex has a growing literature. Wall paintings two churches South Wales suggest ways which could inspire sophisticated programmes of paintings. At Llandeilo Talybont, sequence telling the story Crucifixion through Instruments Passion relates to devotions readings from Holy Week liturgy. Llancarfan, satirical poem on fashionable ...