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Satire and Dissent
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Amber Day
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-16 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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In an age when Jon Stewart frequently tops lists of most-trusted newscasters, the films of Michael Moore become a dominant topic of political campaign analysis,
Revel with a Cause
Language: en
Pages: 589
Authors: Stephen E. Kercher
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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We live in a time much like the postwar era. A time of arch political conservatism and vast social conformity. A time in which our nation’s leaders question a
The Sanity of Satire
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Al Gini
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-07 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and our collective sense of self. Satire is confrontationa
Going There
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Richard J. Powell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-02 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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A kaleidoscopic survey of black satire in 20th- and 21st-century American art In this groundbreaking study, Richard J. Powell investigates the visual forms of s
The Cambridge Introduction to Satire
Language: en
Pages: 335
Authors: Jonathan Greenberg
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Provides a comprehensive overview for both beginning and advanced students of satiric forms from ancient poetry to contemporary digital media.