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Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy
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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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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

About the author

Nicholas Holm is a lecturer in Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. He has written widely on the politics and aesthetics of popular culture, in particular contemporary humour. He is author of Advertising and Society: A Critical Introduction (2016).
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