The Ironic State : British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brassett, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Edición:1st.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Satire, English.
Comedy > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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