{"product_id":"a-decade-of-dark-humor-ted-gournelos-9781617038235","title":"A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9\/11 America","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Decade of Dark Humor\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor-in a variety of forms-to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, more specifically, the aftermath. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from four countries to discuss the impact of humor and irony on both media discourse and tangible political reality. Furthermore, it demonstrates that laughter is simultaneously an avenue through which social issues are deferred or obfuscated, a way in which neoliberal or neoconservative rhetoric is challenged, and a means of forming alternative political ideologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume's contributors cover a broad range of media productions, including news parodies (\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e), TV roundtable shows (\u003ci\u003ePolitically Incorrect with Bill Maher\u003c\/i\u003e), comic strips and cartoons (Aaron McGruder's \u003ci\u003eThe Boondocks\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Danzinger's editorial cartoons), television drama (\u003ci\u003eRescue Me\u003c\/i\u003e), animated satire (\u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e), graphic novels (Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of No Towers\u003c\/i\u003e), documentary (\u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e), and other productions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with examining the rhetorical methods and aesthetic techniques of these productions, the essays place each in specific political and journalistic contexts, showing how corporations, news outlets, and political institutions responded to-and sometimes co-opted-these forms of humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Gournelos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617038237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617038235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Ted Gournelos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054810329343,"sku":"9781617038235","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a67a8d1-ef9f-4cff-9f3f-6ac31acf7bdc.jpg?v=1685032128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-decade-of-dark-humor-ted-gournelos-9781617038235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}