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From Meme to Coin to Government Body: DOGE, a Case of Cruel Irony in Contemporary Politics Cover

From Meme to Coin to Government Body: DOGE, a Case of Cruel Irony in Contemporary Politics

East-West Cultural Passage
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)
By: Ina-Alice Dănilă  
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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
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Language: English
Page range: 232 - 264
Published on: Dec 23, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
affect,
cruel optimism,
Doge,
governance,
irony,
meme,
online vernacular,
poor images,
politics,
United States
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Genres and media in cultural studies,
General genre and media studies,
Linguistics and semiotics,
Applied linguistics,
Applied linguistics, other,
Literary studies,
Comparative literary studies,
Anglo-American literature,
Anglo-American literature, general

© 2025 Ina-Alice Dănilă, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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