After the Performance

In May 2010, the Best Party won the municipal elections in Reykjavik, and the party’s leading figure, comedian Jón Gnarr, was appointed Mayor of Reykjavik. During the election campaign, the party ‘performed democracy’ by playing with irrational, satirical discourses that challenged traditional disco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valtysson Bjarki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-10-01
Series:Nordicom Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2015-0016