Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't
Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 652 g
Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
ISBN: 978-1-032-27803-2
Verlag: Routledge
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.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechnik, Theaterpädagogik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Andere Darstellende Künste
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
Weitere Infos & Material
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
