Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-27801-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Written by a scholar of satire and politics, Trump Was a Joke explains why satire is an exceptional foil for absurd political times and why it did a particularly good job of making sense of Trump.

Covering a range of comedic interventions, Trump Was a Joke analyzes why political satire is surprisingly effective at keeping us sane when politics is making us crazy. Its goal is to highlight the unique power of political satire to encourage critical thinking, foster civic action, and further rational debate in moments of political hubris and hysteria. The book has been endorsed by Bassem Youssef, who has been referred to as the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” and Srdja Popovic, author of Blueprint for Revolution, who used satirical activism to bring down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic.

With a foreword by award-winning filmmaker, satirist, and activist Michael Moore, this study will be of interest to readers who follow politics and enjoy political comedy and will appeal to the communications, comedy studies, media studies, political science, rhetoric, cultural studies, and American studies markets.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcclennen, Sophia A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechnik, Theaterpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Andere Darstellende Künste
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Forward by Michael Moore

Chapter 1. This Can’t Be Good, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satire

Chapter 2. Trump Was a Joke, But It Wasn’t Funny

Chapter 3. It’s Hard to Make a Joke Out of a Joke

Chapter 4. The First Media-Created President

Chapter 5. "Let’s Make Donald Drumpf Again"

Chapter 6. The Joke’s on You: The Power of Satire

Chapter 7. The Last Laugh: Satire's Secret Weapon

Works Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sophia A. McClennen is Director of the Center for Global Studies and Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.