Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy
In: Palgrave Studies in Comedy
"Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "Chapter 1 Introduction: Living in Comic Times" -- "The World that Jokes Built" -- "Theorising Humour: Incongruity and Superiority Models" -- "Towards a Political Aesthetics of Humour" -- "Emergent Modes of Humour: Political Contexts and Comic Texts" -- "A Quick Note on Terminology" -- "References" -- "Chapter 2 Dissent in Jest: Humour in the Liberal Moment" -- "Liberalism and the Idea of Reasonable Dissent" -- "Freedom, Capitalism and the Desire for Dissent" -- "Humour as Reasonable Dissent" -- ""Against the Assault of Laughter Nothing Can Stand"" -- "The Laughter That Shatters: Carnival Tendencies in Contemporary Humour Theory" -- "References" -- "Chapter 3 Telling Jokes to Power: The (A)Political Work of Humour" -- "The Daily Show and the Politics of Ridicule" -- "The Onion and the Politics of Parody" -- "The Thick of It, Veep and the Politics of Failure" -- "The Political Limitations of Politicised Humour" -- "References" -- "Chapter 4 Humour Without Anaesthetic:The Discomfort of Reality Comedy" -- "The Comedy of Pain and Suffering" -- "Jackass and the Comedy of Physical Suffering" -- "The Office and the Comedy of Social Failure" -- "Borat and the Comedy of Public Humiliation" -- "Uncomfortable Humour and theAesthetic Implication of the Audience" -- "References" -- "Chapter 5 Humour Without Pity: The Scandal of Provocative Humour" -- "Comic Violation and the Aesthetics of Offence" -- ""The N-Word Family": Chappelle's Show and Linguistic Taboos" -- ""Holocaust Memorial Smackdown": The Sarah Silverman Program and Moral Taboo" -- "The Pratfall of Death: Four Lions and Political Taboos" -- "Provocative Humour and Self-Reflexive Offence" -- "References" -- "Chapter 6 Humour Without Reason: The Nonsense of Absurd Humour" -- "The Simpsons and Everyday Absurdity