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Title: | Comedy and critical thought : laughter as resistance |
Authors: | Bonello Rutter Giappone, Krista Francis, Fred MacKenzie, Iain |
Keywords: | Comedy -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Laughter -- Psychological aspects Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects Critical thinking -- Social aspects |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Rowman and Littlefield International |
Citation: | Bonello Rutter Giappone, K., Francis, F., & Mackenzie, I. (Eds.) (2018). Comedy and critical thought : laughter as resistance. London : Rowman & Littlefield Int. |
Abstract: | 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. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/91468 |
ISBN: | 1786604078 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtEng |
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