英文摘要 |
In recent years, Rock & Roast, a TV show of stand-up comedy, has become increasingly popular among young people in China. The “offensive” laughter in the show is the key to its engaging audiences. At the same time, it also points to the structures of feeling of young people. Mocking pain is not only a pleasant feeling enjoyed by the audiences; it is also an important way that young people deal with the reality of pain and the negative emotions it engenders. However, this real pain cannot be easily healed. In fact, the emotional resonance evoked by laughter is why young people succumb to bad reality and laugh bitterly. Healing pain through “offensive” laugher shows the work of the affective politics. It reveals how the young people perceive their situation through emotions and how their psychological structure is shaped by ideology through the management of emotions. This complexity is conditioned by a pervasive melancholia which is inseparable from the lack of hope for any change in a future dominated by neo-liberal capitalism. |