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1 online resource (196 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Open access. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Revamping the Four Major Theories on Humor -- Fumerism: Feminist Anger and Joy from Roseanne Barr to Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes -- Fighting Back against Islamophobia and Post-9/11 Nationalism: Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, Hari Kondabolu, and Others -- Can the Animal Subaltern Laugh? Mocking Alpha Males with Georgia and Koko -- A Catharsis of Shame: The Belly Laugh and SlutWalk -- Solidaric Empathy and a Prison Roast with Jeff Ross -- Conclusion. Humor Can't Wait: In the Tragic with Tig Notaro and Hannah Gadsby. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 21, 2019). |
| Summary |
"A radical new approach to humor, where traditional targets become its agents. 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, Uproarious offers a full-frontal approach to the very foundation of comedy and its profound political impact. 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, Uproarious offers a richer understanding of the political and cathartic potential of humor. A major new contribution to a wider dialogue on comedy, Uproarious 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."--EBSCO. |
| Local Note |
Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion |
| Subject |
Women's wit and humor -- Social aspects.
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Women's wit and humor -- Political aspects.
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Wit and humor -- Social aspects.
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Wit and humor -- Political aspects.
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Social satire, English -- Political aspects.
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Women comedians.
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Humour pour femmes -- Aspect social. |
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Humour pour femmes -- Aspect politique. |
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Humour -- Aspect social. |
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Humour -- Aspect politique. |
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Satire sociale anglaise -- Aspect politique. |
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Femmes comiques. |
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Wit and humor -- Social aspects |
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Women comedians |
| Indexed Term |
Historically marginalized persons Wit and humor Feminist wit and humor Subversive wit and humor Comedy and social justice |
| Added Author |
Willett, Julie A., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Willett, Cynthia, 1956- Uproarious. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2020 9781517908287 (DLC) 2018061115 |
| ISBN |
9781452962221 (electronic book) |
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1452962227 (electronic book) |
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1452962219 (electronic book) |
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9781452962214 (electronic bk.) |
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9781517908287 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| OCLC No. |
erdi1089282717 |
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