James Brassett

The Ironic State (eBook, ePUB)

British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What can comedy tell us about the politics of a nation? In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital understandings of the everyday politics of globalization in Britain. The book explores British comedy and Britain's global politics from post-war imperial decline through to its awkward embrace of globalization, examining a wide variety of comedic mediums, such as the popular television show The Office and the online satire The Daily Mash. Touching on issues such as empire, the class system and capitalism, the author demonstrates how comedy offers valuable insights on how global market life is experienced, mediated, contested and accommodated.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529208481
• Artikelnr.: 70227783

Autorenporträt

James Brassett is Reader in International Political Economy (IPE) at the University of Warwick.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Comedy and the Politics of (Global) Resistance Everyday Comic
Resistance in Global Context The Satire Boom: Imperial Decline and the Rise
of the Everyday Elite Alternative Comedy and Resistance to 'Thatcher's
Britain' Irony and the Liminality of Resistance Austerity and the Rise of
Radical Comedy Brexit, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the
Single Market The Globalization of Comic Resistance?