Catastrophes, Humor and Resilience
This article relates humor and resilience in times of crisis. Its objective is to present and review the role of humor in problematic times of natural catastrophes and social disasters, as part of the resilience that humans develop, and the role of the latter in these circumstances, where and when i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Comunicación y Cultura |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/4103 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/uru/article/view/4103 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Humor terremotos pandemias resilencia México earthquakes pandemics resilience |
| Sumario: | This article relates humor and resilience in times of crisis. Its objective is to present and review the role of humor in problematic times of natural catastrophes and social disasters, as part of the resilience that humans develop, and the role of the latter in these circumstances, where and when it is necessary to go through the difficult experience. and grow with it, express, alleviate in a certain way, free sometimes, reproduce others, always accompany. It starts from the question: how is humor expressed in the face of fear or pain? This is done with three studies in Mexico: the influenza pandemic in 2009, the 2017 earthquake reminiscent of the 1985 earthquake, and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021. In conclusion, it is possible to affirm that humor was a survival strategy in each situation, to calm negative thoughts, balance emotions, re signifying and encouraging, in general. Sometimes from the joke or irony, others from supportive support, presenting different views, various inconsistencies, occurrences, exaggerations, and always causing smiles of relief, sometimes if not laughter. |
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