“We Malaysian” or “We Chinese”?: Navigating Archipelagic Negative Affects in Jason Leong’s Anglophone Stand-up Comedy
Harry Shi et al.
In this article, we argue that negative affects play crucial roles in shaping the identity of Malaysian Chinese within the context of Anglophone stand-up comedy. While prior studies on stand-up comedy have largely focused on individual affects such as shame or anger, little attention has been paid to the relational and synergistic dynamics of negative affects, particularly within racialized and postcolonial contexts. To address this gap, we conceptualize stand-up comedy as an affective arena, wh