Irony in the age of empire [[electronic resource] ] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / / Cynthia Willett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778323403321
• Autore: Willett Cynthia <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-26320-X; 0-253-00313-X; 9786612263200
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Collana: American philosophy
• Disciplina: 809/.917
• Soggetti: Comedy - Political aspects - United States; Comedy - Social aspects - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-166) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Laughter against hubris : a preemptive strike -- Laughing to keep from crying : Cornel West, pragmatism, and progressive comedy -- Authenticity in an age of satire : Ellison, Sartre, Bergson, and Spike Lee's Bamboozled -- Engage the enemy : Cavell, comedies of remarriage, and the politics of friendship -- Three concepts of freedom.