Irony in the age of empire: comic perspectives on democracy and freedom
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Comedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools for reinforcing social patterns of domination as well as weapons for emancipation. In Irony in the Age of Empire, Cynthia Willett asks: What could embody liberation better than laughter? Why do the oppressed laugh? What vision does the comic world prescribe? For Willett, the comic trumps standard liberal accounts of freedom by drawing attention to bodies, affects, and intimate relationships, topics which are usually neglected by political philosophy. Willett's philosophical reflection on comedy issues a powerful challenge to standard conceptions of freedom by proposing a new kind of freedom that is unapologetically feminist, queer, and multiracial. This book provides a wide-ranging, original, thoughtful, and expansive discussion of citizenship, social manners, and political freedom in our world today.
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Comedy
Comedy -- Political aspects
Comedy -- Political aspects -- United States
Comedy -- Social aspects
Comedy -- Social aspects -- United States
Comédie
Comédie -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
Comédie -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
Electronic book
Electronic books
General
Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Political aspects
Social aspects
Special Interest
TRAVEL
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
United States
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Comedy
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Comedy -- Political aspects -- United States
Comedy -- Social aspects
Comedy -- Social aspects -- United States
Comédie
Comédie -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
Comédie -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
Electronic book
Electronic books
General
Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Political aspects
Social aspects
Special Interest
TRAVEL
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
United States
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Irony in the age of empire [electronic resource] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / Cynthia Willett
Irony in the age of empire : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / Cynthia Willett
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Special Interest
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