{"product_id":"humour-as-politics-the-political-aesthetics-of-contemporary-comedy-9783319509495","title":"Humour as Politics: The Political Aesthetics of Contemporary Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicholas Holm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Genres - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book argues that recent developments in contemporary comedy have changed not just the way we laugh but the way we understand the world. Drawing on a range of contemporary televisual, cinematic and digital examples, from \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVeep\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFamily Guy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChappelle's Show\u003c\/i\u003e, Holm explores how humour has become a central site of cultural politics in the twenty-first century. More than just a form of entertainment, humour has come to play a central role in the contemporary media environment, shaping how we understand ideas of freedom, empathy, social boundaries and even logic. Through an analysis of humour as a political and aesthetic category, \u003ci\u003eHumour as Politics\u003c\/i\u003e challenges older models of laughter as a form of dissent and instead argues for a new theory of humour as the cultural expression of our (neo)liberal moment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45278340874391,"sku":"9783319509495","price":10283.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783319509495.webp?v=1769290699","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/humour-as-politics-the-political-aesthetics-of-contemporary-comedy-9783319509495","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}