Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy Hardcover - 2017
by Nicholas Holm
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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 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.
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- Title Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy
- Author Nicholas Holm
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 223
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
- Date 2017-10-23
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9783319509495 / 3319509497
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.81 in (21.01 x 14.81 x 2.06 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 111.85
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