{"product_id":"tragedy-plus-time-philip-scepanski-9781477322543","title":"Tragedy Plus Time: National Trauma and Television Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the most solemn moments in recent American history, comedians have tested the limits of how soon is \"too soon\" to joke about tragedy. Comics confront the horrifying events and shocking moments that capture national attention and probe the acceptable, or \"sayable,\" boundaries of expression that shape our cultural memory. In \u003ci\u003eTragedy Plus Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Scepanski examines the role of humor, particularly televised comedy, in constructing and policing group identity and memory in the wake of large-scale events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTragedy Plus Time\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive work to investigate tragedy-driven comedy in the aftermaths of such traumas as the JFK assassination and 9\/11, as well as during the administration of Donald Trump. Focusing on the mass publicization of television comedy, Scepanski considers issues of censorship and memory construction in the ways comedians negotiate emotions, politics, war, race, and Islamophobia. Amid the media frenzy and conflicting expressions of grief following a public tragedy, comedians provoke or risk controversy to grapple publicly with national traumas that all Americans are trying to understand for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Scepanski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147732254X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477322543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/07\/2021 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Philip Scepanski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995316453631,"sku":"9781477322543","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97cfa6f1-6f88-4b4a-ae2d-bbc8a3654d53.jpg?v=1683335129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tragedy-plus-time-philip-scepanski-9781477322543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}