Irony in the Age of Empire: Comic Perspectives on Democracy and Freedom
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Comedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools for reinforcing social patterns of domination as well as weapons for emancipation. In Irony in the Age of Empire, Cynthia Willett asks: What could embody liberation better than laughter? Why do the oppressed laugh? What vision does the comic world prescribe? For Willett, the comic trumps standard liberal accounts of freedom by drawing attention to bodies,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253351669
ISBN13:9780253351661
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:171 Pages
Weight:0.91 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"
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