A Decade of Dark Humor : How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America /

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This volume analyses ways in which popular and visual culture used humour -in a variety of forms - to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, more specifically, the aftermath. It brings together scholars from four countries to discuss the impact of humour and irony on both media discourse an...

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Other Authors: Greene, Viveca (Editor), Gournelos, Ted, 1979- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politisk satir > Förenta staterna > 2000-talet.
11 september-attackerna 2001 i massmedia.
Politics and government
Political satire, American.
Political culture.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
American wit and humor.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
Satire politique americaine.
Humour americain > Histoire et critique.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Political culture > United States > History > 21st century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009 > Humour.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009 > Humor.
Humor.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This volume analyses ways in which popular and visual culture used humour -in a variety of forms - to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, more specifically, the aftermath. It brings together scholars from four countries to discuss the impact of humour and irony on both media discourse and tangible political reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates that laughter is simultaneously an avenue through which social issues are deferred or obfuscated, a way in which neo-liberal or neo-conservative rhetoric is challenged, and a means of forming alternative political ideologies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781617030079

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