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Humour as Politics
Nicholas Holm
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Description for Humour as Politics
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy. Num Pages: 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AP; APFN; HPN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319509495
SKU
V9783319509495
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Ref
99-15
About Nicholas Holm
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).
Reviews for Humour as Politics
“Holm provides deeper insight into the political work of humor in general, observing how the logic of humor might affect our current thinking about liberalism, authority, and dissent. … It provides many conceptual insights and will be of interest to academics in humor studies. … This book is a good start at engaging with comic content from across a few ... Read more