The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times by Jessyka Finley, Don Waisanen, Aaron McKain, Marc-Olivier Castagner, Sophia McClennen, Simon Weaver, Se Dagtas, David Grondin, Julie A. Webber, Diane Rubenstein, Rebecca Krefting, Thomas Lawson, Viveca Greene, James Brassett

The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times

Jessyka Finley, Don Waisanen, Aaron McKain, Marc-Olivier Castagner, Sophia McClennen, Simon Weaver, Se Dagtas, David Grondin, Julie A. Webber, Diane Rubenstein, Rebecca Krefting, Thomas Lawson, Viveca Greene, James Brassett

344 pages • first pub 2018 (view editions)

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This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of genre; under neoliberal conditions (where market logics motivate most ac...

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