The Resource Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm
Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm
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The item Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "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."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Living in Comic Times""; ""The World that Jokes Built""; ""Theorising Humour: Incongruity and Superiority Models""; ""Towards a Political Aesthetics of Humour""; ""Emergent Modes of Humour: Political Contexts and Comic Texts""; ""A Quick Note on Terminology""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Dissent in Jest: Humour in the Liberal Moment""; ""Liberalism and the Idea of Reasonable Dissent""; ""Freedom, Capitalism and the Desire for Dissent""; ""Humour as Reasonable Dissent""
- ""Â#x80;#x9C;Against the Assault of Laughter Nothing Can Standâ#x80;#x9D;""""The Laughter That Shatters: Carnival Tendencies in Contemporary Humour Theory""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Telling Jokes to Power: The (A)Political Work of Humour""; ""The Daily Show and the Politics of Ridicule""; ""The Onion and the Politics of Parody""; ""The Thick of It, Veep and the Politics of Failure""; ""The Political Limitations of Politicised Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Humour Without Anaesthetic:The Discomfort of Reality Comedy""; ""The Comedy of Pain and Suffering""
- ""Jackass and the Comedy of Physical Suffering""""The Office and the Comedy of Social Failure""; ""Borat and the Comedy of Public Humiliation""; ""Uncomfortable Humour and theAesthetic Implication of the Audience""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Humour Without Pity: The Scandal of Provocative Humour""; ""Comic Violation and the Aesthetics of Offence""; ""â#x80;#x9C;The N-Word Familyâ#x80;#x9D;: Chappelleâ#x80;#x99;s Show and Linguistic Taboos""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Holocaust Memorial Smackdownâ#x80;#x9D;: The Sarah Silverman Program and Moral Taboo""; ""The Pratfall of Death: Four Lions and Political Taboos""
- ""Provocative Humour and Self-Reflexive Offence""""References""; ""Chapter 6 Humour Without Reason: The Nonsense of Absurd Humour""; ""The Simpsons and Everyday Absurdity""; ""South Park and Constitutive Absurdity""; ""Family Guy and Formal Absurdity""; ""Absurd Humour and the Aesthetic Limits of Interpretation and Understanding""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 All that is Solid Collapses into Giggles: Examining the Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Humour""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Laughter Is a Sicknessâ#x80;#x9D;: Political Aesthetics and Popular Humour""
- ""Laughing with Adorno and RanciÃr̈e: Towards a Political Aesthetic Model of Humour""""The Comic Logic of Late Capitalism""; ""Laugh like no Oneâ#x80;#x99;s Watching: Liberal Drives in the Society of Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Last Laugh""; ""References""
- Isbn
- 9783319509501
- Label
- Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy
- Title
- Humour as politics
- Title remainder
- the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas Holm
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--Amazon
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holm, Nicholas
- Dewey number
- 809.7/93581
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN6149.P64
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Palgrave studies in comedy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Political satire
- Wit and humor
- Political science
- Politics, Practical
- Label
- Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm
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- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
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- ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Living in Comic Times""; ""The World that Jokes Built""; ""Theorising Humour: Incongruity and Superiority Models""; ""Towards a Political Aesthetics of Humour""; ""Emergent Modes of Humour: Political Contexts and Comic Texts""; ""A Quick Note on Terminology""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Dissent in Jest: Humour in the Liberal Moment""; ""Liberalism and the Idea of Reasonable Dissent""; ""Freedom, Capitalism and the Desire for Dissent""; ""Humour as Reasonable Dissent""
- ""Â#x80;#x9C;Against the Assault of Laughter Nothing Can Standâ#x80;#x9D;""""The Laughter That Shatters: Carnival Tendencies in Contemporary Humour Theory""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Telling Jokes to Power: The (A)Political Work of Humour""; ""The Daily Show and the Politics of Ridicule""; ""The Onion and the Politics of Parody""; ""The Thick of It, Veep and the Politics of Failure""; ""The Political Limitations of Politicised Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Humour Without Anaesthetic:The Discomfort of Reality Comedy""; ""The Comedy of Pain and Suffering""
- ""Jackass and the Comedy of Physical Suffering""""The Office and the Comedy of Social Failure""; ""Borat and the Comedy of Public Humiliation""; ""Uncomfortable Humour and theAesthetic Implication of the Audience""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Humour Without Pity: The Scandal of Provocative Humour""; ""Comic Violation and the Aesthetics of Offence""; ""â#x80;#x9C;The N-Word Familyâ#x80;#x9D;: Chappelleâ#x80;#x99;s Show and Linguistic Taboos""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Holocaust Memorial Smackdownâ#x80;#x9D;: The Sarah Silverman Program and Moral Taboo""; ""The Pratfall of Death: Four Lions and Political Taboos""
- ""Provocative Humour and Self-Reflexive Offence""""References""; ""Chapter 6 Humour Without Reason: The Nonsense of Absurd Humour""; ""The Simpsons and Everyday Absurdity""; ""South Park and Constitutive Absurdity""; ""Family Guy and Formal Absurdity""; ""Absurd Humour and the Aesthetic Limits of Interpretation and Understanding""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 All that is Solid Collapses into Giggles: Examining the Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Humour""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Laughter Is a Sicknessâ#x80;#x9D;: Political Aesthetics and Popular Humour""
- ""Laughing with Adorno and RanciÃr̈e: Towards a Political Aesthetic Model of Humour""""The Comic Logic of Late Capitalism""; ""Laugh like no Oneâ#x80;#x99;s Watching: Liberal Drives in the Society of Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Last Laugh""; ""References""
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- Humour as politics : the political aesthetics of contemporary comedy, Nicholas Holm
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
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- ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Living in Comic Times""; ""The World that Jokes Built""; ""Theorising Humour: Incongruity and Superiority Models""; ""Towards a Political Aesthetics of Humour""; ""Emergent Modes of Humour: Political Contexts and Comic Texts""; ""A Quick Note on Terminology""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Dissent in Jest: Humour in the Liberal Moment""; ""Liberalism and the Idea of Reasonable Dissent""; ""Freedom, Capitalism and the Desire for Dissent""; ""Humour as Reasonable Dissent""
- ""Â#x80;#x9C;Against the Assault of Laughter Nothing Can Standâ#x80;#x9D;""""The Laughter That Shatters: Carnival Tendencies in Contemporary Humour Theory""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Telling Jokes to Power: The (A)Political Work of Humour""; ""The Daily Show and the Politics of Ridicule""; ""The Onion and the Politics of Parody""; ""The Thick of It, Veep and the Politics of Failure""; ""The Political Limitations of Politicised Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Humour Without Anaesthetic:The Discomfort of Reality Comedy""; ""The Comedy of Pain and Suffering""
- ""Jackass and the Comedy of Physical Suffering""""The Office and the Comedy of Social Failure""; ""Borat and the Comedy of Public Humiliation""; ""Uncomfortable Humour and theAesthetic Implication of the Audience""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Humour Without Pity: The Scandal of Provocative Humour""; ""Comic Violation and the Aesthetics of Offence""; ""â#x80;#x9C;The N-Word Familyâ#x80;#x9D;: Chappelleâ#x80;#x99;s Show and Linguistic Taboos""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Holocaust Memorial Smackdownâ#x80;#x9D;: The Sarah Silverman Program and Moral Taboo""; ""The Pratfall of Death: Four Lions and Political Taboos""
- ""Provocative Humour and Self-Reflexive Offence""""References""; ""Chapter 6 Humour Without Reason: The Nonsense of Absurd Humour""; ""The Simpsons and Everyday Absurdity""; ""South Park and Constitutive Absurdity""; ""Family Guy and Formal Absurdity""; ""Absurd Humour and the Aesthetic Limits of Interpretation and Understanding""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 All that is Solid Collapses into Giggles: Examining the Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Humour""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Laughter Is a Sicknessâ#x80;#x9D;: Political Aesthetics and Popular Humour""
- ""Laughing with Adorno and RanciÃr̈e: Towards a Political Aesthetic Model of Humour""""The Comic Logic of Late Capitalism""; ""Laugh like no Oneâ#x80;#x99;s Watching: Liberal Drives in the Society of Humour""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Last Laugh""; ""References""
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- 9783319509501
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