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Comedy and Critical Thought : Laughter As Resistance by Fred Francis (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101786604078
ISBN-139781786604071
eBay Product ID (ePID)239723386
Product Key Features
Number of Pages246 Pages
Publication NameComedy and Critical Thought : Laughter As Resistance
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedia Studies, Applied Psychology, Emotions
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
AuthorFred Francis
Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-048461
ReviewsThis rich, varied collection opens up new ways of thinking about the critical force of humour. Situated at a surprising place where theory and philosophy, politics and comedy, critique and resistance all meet, it combines sophisticated conceptual reflections with insightful case-studies drawn from stand-up, cartoons, performance art, literature and more. Fascinating, intriguing, and amusing it sets an agenda for activist theorists and practitioners across the disciplines., This fascinating book draws on current and recent critical theories to frame and contextualise individual chapters on - amongst others - satire, stand-up, cartoons, slapstick and the visual arts. The theories are clearly explained, often emphasising the playful uses of humour and comedy as a critical tool. Reading it has opened up new avenues in my own thinking about comedy.
Grade FromCollege Junior
IllustratedYes
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Setting the Agenda, Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Fred Francis, Iain MacKenzie/ Part I: Comedy and/as Critique / 1. Jolt, flash, tinge, ooze: process philosophy and the dynamics of critical comedy, James Williams / 2. "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand", Nicholas Holm / 3. Comedy and Resistance, Robert Porter / 4. Redemption Through Laughter? The Critical Potential of the Joke in Ernst Bloch'sTraces, Piotr Sawczyoski / 5. A liturgical comedy of resistance and a comic liturgy of transformation, Francis Stewart / Part II: Laughter as Resistance / 6. Humitas: A new word for How to Do Things With Humour, Kate Fox / 7. Conformist Comedians: Dutch Political Humour, Ivo Nieuwenhuis / 8. Cartoon Comedy as Criticism of Society, Pip Gregory / 9. Comedic Agency and Contemporary Art Practice, Levi Hanes / 10. Beckett's Invented Ambiguity: Indifference and Laughter, Selvin Yaltir / 11. Comedy and Humour within the Punk Subculture, Russ Bestley / 12. Tiririca, the clown: a true story,Constantino Pereira Martinsy,Constantino Pereira Martinsy,Constantino Pereira Martinsy,Constantino Pereira Martins
SynopsisFirst volume to reflect on both the comedy within critical theory and the role of comedians as practitioners of critique., Throughout history, comedians and clowns have enjoyed a certain freedom to speak frankly often denied to others in hegemonic systems. More recently, professional comedians have developed platforms of comic license from which to critique the traditional political establishment and have managed to play an important role in interrogating and mediating the processes of politics in contemporary society. This collection will examine the questions that arise when of comedy and critique intersect by bringing together both critical theorists and comedy scholars with a view to exploring the nature of comedy, its potential role in critical theory and the forms it can take as a practice of resistance.
LC Classification NumberBF575.L3C6 2018
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