Comedy And Critical Thought (Experiments/On the Political)

Synopsis

First Volume To Reflect On Both The Comedy Within Critical Theory And The Role Of Comedians As Practitioners Of Critique-- Introduction : Setting The Agenda / Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Fred Francis, Iain Mackenzie -- Diagrams Of Comic Estrangement / James Williams -- Against The Assault Of Laughter : Differentiating Critical And Resistant Humour / Nick Holm -- Can We Learn The Truth From Lenny Bruce? A Careful Cognitivism About Satire / Dieter Declercq -- Laughter, Liturgy, Lacan And Resistance To Capitalist Logic / Francis Stewart -- Humitas : Humour As Performative Resistance / Kate Fox -- Conformist Comedians : Political Humour In The Eighteenth-century Dutch Republic / Ivo Nieuwenhuis -- First World War Cartoon Comedy As Criticism Of British Politics And Society / Pip Gregory -- A Suspended Pratfall : Mimesis And Slapstick In Contemporary Art / Levi Hanes -- Life In Struggle : The Indifferent Humour Of Beckett's Prose Heroes / Selvin Yaltir -- Holiday In Cambodia : Punk's Acerbic Comedy / Russ Bestley -- 'what Can't Be Cured Must Be Endured : The Postcolonial Humour Of Salman Rushdie, Sami Shah, And Hari Kondabolu / Christine Caruana -- Political Jester : From Fool To King / Constantino Pereira Martins -- Three Easy Steps To A New You? Or, Some Thoughts On The Politics Of Humour In The Workplace / Adrian Hickey, Giuliana Monteverde, And Robert Porter. Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, Fred Francis And Iain Mackenzie. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.