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Humour as politics = the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Humour as politics/ by Nicholas Holm.
Reminder of title:	the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy /
Author:	Holm, Nicholas.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xii, 223 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 22 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Comedy films - Political aspects -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50950-1
ISBN:	9783319509501

Humour as politics = the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy /
Holm, Nicholas.

Humour as politicsthe political aesthetics of contemporary comedy /[electronic resource] :by Nicholas Holm. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xii, 223 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;22 cm. - Palgrave studies in comedy. - Palgrave studies in comedy..

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.

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 Seinfeld and Veep to Family Guy and 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, 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.

ISBN: 9783319509501

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-50950-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1172141
Comedy films
--Political aspects

LC Class. No.: PN1992.8.C66 / H65 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 791.45617

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