Description
Humour as Politics, 1st ed. 2017
The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy
Palgrave Studies in Comedy Series
Author: Holm Nicholas
Language: EnglishSubject for Humour as Politics:
Keywords
Comedy; Laughter; Satire; Aesthetics; Cultural Politics; Awkward; Absurd; Liberalism; The Daily Show; Veep; The Onion; The Thick of It; Seinfeld; Friends; The Office; Jackass; Borat; The Simpsons; South Park; Family Guy
Publication date: 08-2018
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 10-2017
Support: Print on demand
Description
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Presents a new theory of humour as the cultural expression of our (neo)liberal moment
Revisits existing humour texts in order to rethink both the political limitations and possibilities of humour as a political mode in the twenty-first century
Brings together concerns of form and aesthetics with questions of power in a manner that not only reassesses the cultural work of humour, but also articulates a new account of the political possibilities of popular aesthetics more broadly
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras