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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,
Satiric TV in the Americas
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: Paul Alonso
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Satiric TV in the Americas is the first book to focus on Latin American TV satire in order to understand their critical role in challenging the status quo, trad
Laughter, Outrage and Resistance
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Lori A. Henson
Categories: Political satire, American
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

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"The rise of candidate, then president, Donald Trump coincided with a near-total turnover of late-night hosts, as well as the additions of late-night shows in n
Revel with a Cause
Language: en
Pages: 590
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