UID:
almahu_9949386703702882
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000378085
,
100037808X
,
9781003051695
,
1003051693
,
9781000378092
,
1000378098
Inhalt:
In what ways is comedy subversive? This vital new book critically considers the importance of comedy in challenging and redefining our relations to race and racism through the lens of political correctness. By viewing comedy as both a constitutive feature of social interaction and as a necessary requirement in the appraisal of what is often deemed to be politically correct', this book provides an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to the study of comedy and popular culture. In doing so, it engages with the social and cultural tensions inherent to our understandings of political correctness, arguing that comedy can subversively redefine our approach to PC Debates', contestations surrounding free speech and the popular portrayal of political correctness in the media and society. Aided by the work of both Slavoj Zizek and Alenka Zupancic, this unique analysis adopts a psychoanalytic/philosophical framework to explore issues of race, racism and political correctness in the widely acclaimed BBC mockumentary', The Office (UK), as well as a variety of television comedies. Drawing from psychoanalysis, social psychology and philosophy, this book will be highly relevant for postgraduate students and academic researchers studying comedy, race/racism, multiculturalism, political correctness and television/film.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 0367508931
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367508937
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003051695
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003051695
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