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The Ironic State : British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization /
In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital understandings of the everyday politics of globalization in Britain.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2021.
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| Edición: | 1st. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover -- The Ironic State: British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Comedy and the Politics of (Global) Resistance -- 1 Comedy and politics: two approaches -- The instrumental approach -- The critical approach -- 2 The approach of this book -- 3 Outline -- 1 Everyday Comic Resistance in Global Context -- Introduction -- 1 The everyday turn in global politics -- Ambiguities of everyday resistance -- 2 Towards a performative politics of comic resistance | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 3 Subversion and failure in the work of Armando Iannucci -- The market life of failure -- Conclusion: The productivity of comic resistance? -- 2 The Satire Boom: Imperial Decline and the Rise of the Everyday Elite -- Introduction -- 1 Satirical resistance: empire, class and the self -- 2 Ambiguities of the satire boom -- 3 Irony: a new language of global politics -- Everyday class politics -- Conclusion -- 3 Alternative Comedy and Resistance to 'Thatcher's Britain' -- Introduction -- 1 The right on politics of alternative comedy -- 2 Alexei Sayle: resistance and recuperation -- Conclusion | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 4 Irony and the Liminality of Resistance -- Introduction: The anti-politics of irony? -- 1 Irony and the rise of new satire -- Chris Morris -- 2 Ambiguities of irony: Ali G and Ricky Gervais -- Ali G -- The Office -- 3 Towards a politics of liminality -- Conclusion: Irony and responsibility -- 5 Austerity and the Rise of Radical Comedy -- Introduction -- 1 Everyday politics of 'the system' -- Charlie Brooker -- 2 Comedy as political theory: anti-capitalist, radical democracy -- Russell Brand -- Stewart Lee -- 3 Satirical literacy -- Conclusion | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 6 Brexit, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Market -- Introduction: Politicizing comedy -- 1 Brexit and the division of British comedy -- The comedy politician -- The comedy establishment -- 2 Embracing the culture wars? -- 3 A changing consensus? -- Conclusion -- 7 The Globalization of Comic Resistance? -- Introduction -- 1 The British are coming (again) -- 2 The state of British comedy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover | |
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