Comedy and critical thought laughter as resistance / [edited by] Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Fred Francis and Iain MacKenzie.
| Other author | Rutter Giappone, Krista Bonello. |
| Other author | Francis, Fred (Lecturer) |
| Other author | Mackenzie, Iain, 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Experiments/On the Political |
| Contents | Introduction : setting the agenda / Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Fred Francis, Iain MacKenzie -- Diagrams of comic estrangement / James Williams -- "Against the assault of laughter" : differentiating critical and resistant humour / Nick Holm -- Can we learn the truth from Lenny Bruce? A careful cognitivism about satire / Dieter Declercq -- Laughter, liturgy, Lacan and resistance to capitalist logic / Francis Stewart -- Humitas : humour as performative resistance / Kate Fox -- Conformist comedians : political humour in the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / Ivo Nieuwenhuis -- First World War cartoon comedy as criticism of British politics and society / Pip Gregory -- A suspended pratfall : mimesis and slapstick in contemporary art / Levi Hanes -- "Life" in struggle : the indifferent humour of Beckett's prose heroes / Selvin Yaltir -- "Holiday in Cambodia" : punk's acerbic comedy / Russ Bestley -- 'What can't be cured must be endured" : the postcolonial humour of Salman Rushdie, Sami Shah, and Hari Kondabolu / Christine Caruana -- Political jester : from fool to king / Constantino Pereira Martins -- Three easy steps to a new you? or, some thoughts on the politics of humour in the workplace / Adrian Hickey, Giuliana Monteverde, and Robert Porter. |
| Abstract | "First volume to reflect on both the comedy within critical theory and the role of comedians as practitioners of critique" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Comedy and critical thought London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2018] 9781786604064 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018032789 |
| ISBN | 9781786604088 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 1786604086 (electronic) |