{"product_id":"uproarious-cynthia-willett-9781517908287","title":"Uproarious: How Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA radical new approach to humor, where traditional targets become its agents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Humor is often dismissed as cruel ridicule or harmless fun. But what if laughter is a vital force to channel rage against patriarchy, Islamophobia, or mass incarceration? To create moments of empathy and dialogue between Black Lives Matter and the police? These and other such questions are at the heart of this powerful reassessment of humor. Placing theorists in conversation with comedians, \u003ci\u003eUproarious\u003c\/i\u003e offers a full-frontal approach to the very foundation of comedy and its profound political impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here Cynthia Willett and Julie Willett address the four major theories of humor--superiority, relief, incongruity, and social play--through the lens of feminist and game-changing comics such as Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho, Hannah Gadsby, Hari Kondabolu, and Tig Notaro. They take a radical and holistic approach to the understanding of humor, particularly of humor deployed by those from groups long relegated to the margins, and propose a powerful new understanding of humor as a force that can engender politically progressive social movements. Drawing on a range of cross-disciplinary sources, from philosophies and histories of humor to the psychology and physiology of laughter to animal studies, \u003ci\u003eUproarious\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richer understanding of the political and cathartic potential of humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A major new contribution to a wider dialogue on comedy, \u003ci\u003eUproarious\u003c\/i\u003e grounds for us explorations of outsider humor and our golden age of feminist comics--showing that when women, prisoners, even animals, laugh back, comedy along with belly laughs forge new identities and alter the political climate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Willett,Julie Willett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517908280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517908287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Cynthia Willett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088508432639,"sku":"9781517908287","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b490f4df-4a84-49db-a90b-0005eb2bc67a.jpg?v=1769105157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uproarious-cynthia-willett-9781517908287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}