Humour as Politics

The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy

AvNicholas Holm

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Through an analysis of humour as a political and aesthetic category, Humour as Politics challenges older models of laughter as a form of dissent and instead argues for a new theory of humour as the cultural expression of our (neo)liberal moment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-23
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:311 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Antal sidor:223
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319845296

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Nicholas Holm is a lecturer in Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. He has written widely on the politics and aesthetics of popular culture, in particular contemporary humour. He is author of Advertising and Society: A Critical Introduction (2016).

Recensioner i media

“Holm provides deeper insight into the political work of humor in general, observing how the logic of humor might affect our current thinking about liberalism, authority, and dissent. … It provides many conceptual insights and will be of interest to academics in humor studies. … This book is a good start at engaging with comic content from across a few countries in the Western world, through an interdisciplinary lens.” (Veena Raman, International Journal of Communication, Iss (12), 2018)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Living in Comic Times.- 2. Dissent in Jest: Humour in the Liberal Moment.- 3. Telling Jokes to Power: The (A)Political Work of Humour.- 4. Humour without Anaesthetic: The Discomfort of Reality Comedy.- 5. Humour without Pity: The Scandal of Provocative Humour.- 6. Humour without Reason: The Nonsense of Absurd Humour.- 7. All That is Solid Collapses into Giggles: Examining the Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Humour.- 8. Conclusion: The Last Laugh.