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Can We Laugh at That?

Comedy in a Conflicted Age

AvJacques Berlinerblau

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Did you hear the one about the comedian who was canceled? Comedians are no strangers to controversy or crossing the line. But some things do change. Humorists the world over are no longer simply denounced in grouchy op-eds. Now comedians are being hounded by criminal investigations and civil suits, or forced off the airwaves. They are menaced by vigilantes and religious fundamentalists. Some have been forced into exile, imprisoned, or even murdered. In the age of social media and global digital distribution, the audience is everyone, ensuring that criticism can be as vicious as it is unavoidable. With a flair for storytelling, Jacques Berlinerblau explores the high stakes of the low blow in this darkly witty examination of American comedians such as Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Shane Gillis, and Sarah Silverman as well as humorists in France, Denmark, Zimbabwe, and Egypt.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-24
Mått:140 x 216 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520403024

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Radio / podcasts inom Kultur
Komedi och stand-up inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Jacques Berlinerblau, Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, is author of The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography and How to Be Secular. His writing appears in The Washington Post, MSNBC, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and elsewhere.

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"A thought-provoking portrait of the consequences of contemporary offensive humor."

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Slap to the ConsensusPart One. Comedic Controversies in the United States: Artists Get "Canceled" but the Consensus Holds (for the Most Part)1. Dave Chappelle: Audience Participation2. Sarah Silverman: Un-canceled, Self-canceled, Un-cancelable3. Is "Cancellation" Gendered? Kathy Griffin and Shane GillisPart Two. Comedic Controversies in Other Liberal Democracies: The Consensus Under Siege4. The Ab/uses of an Audience: Vir Das5. Charlie Hebdo: The Terrorist's Veto6. Dieudonné M'bala M'bala: Postcolonial Provocateur, Consensus DestroyerPart Three. No Consensus: Jokes in Non-Democratic Spaces7. "I'm Just a Satirist": Politainment and Bassem Youssef8. Premeditated Provocation and Zimbabwe's Pseudo Consensus9. The Interview: Comedic War Games Conclusion: Troll Your OwnNotesIndex