Humour As Politics: The Political Aesthetics Of Contemporary Comedy (palgrave Studies In Comedy)
by Nicholas Holm /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book argues that recent developments in contemporary comedy
have changed not just the way we laugh but the way we understand
the world. Drawing on a range of contemporary televisual,
cinematic and digital examples, from
This book argues that recent developments in contemporary comedy
have changed not just the way we laugh but the way we understand
the world. Drawing on a range of contemporary televisual,
cinematic and digital examples, fromSeinfeld
Seinfeld and
andVeep
Veep to
toFamily Guy
Family Guy and
andChappelle’s Show
Chappelle’s Show,
Holm explores how humour has become a central site of cultural
politics in the twenty-first century. More than just a form of
entertainment, humour has come to play a central role in the
contemporary media environment, shaping how we understand ideas
of freedom, empathy, social boundaries and even logic. Through an
analysis of humour as a political and aesthetic category,
,
Holm explores how humour has become a central site of cultural
politics in the twenty-first century. More than just a form of
entertainment, humour has come to play a central role in the
contemporary media environment, shaping how we understand ideas
of freedom, empathy, social boundaries and even logic. Through an
analysis of humour as a political and aesthetic category,Humour as Politics
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.
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.
