| No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity Contributor(s): Rosenthal, Angela (Editor), Bindman, David (Editor), Randolph, Adrian W. B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1611688213 ISBN-13: 9781611688214 Publisher: Dartmouth College Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Popular Culture - Art | Art & Politics - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Dewey: 709.73 |
| LCCN: 2015006496 |
| Series: Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, this collection--which gathers scholars in the fields of race, ethnicity, and humor--seems especially urgent. Inspired by Denmark's Muhammad cartoons controversy, the contributors inquire into the role that racial and ethnic stereotypes play in visual humor and the thin line that separates broad characterization as a source of humor from its power to shock or exploit. The authors investigate the ways in which humor is used to demean or give identity to racial, national, or ethnic groups and explore how humor works differently in different media, such as cartoons, photographs, film, video, television, and physical performance. This is a timely and necessary study that will appeal to scholars across disciplines. |