| Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Holm, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319845292 ISBN-13: 9783319845296 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $151.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy |
| Physical Information: 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |