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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817843303321

Autore

Benacka Elizabeth

Titolo

Rhetoric, humor, and the public sphere : from Socrates to Stephen Colbert / / Elizabeth Benacka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-1988-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 pages)

Disciplina

320.01/4

Soggetti

Political satire, American

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

United States Politics and government Humor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Wisdom from the ancients : the rhetorical history of humor -- Damn Yankees : the history and practice of humor in the United States -- Correspondents and Colbert : address at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner -- Congress and Colbert : testimony on "protecting our nation's harvest" in 2010 before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security -- Citizens United and Colbert : the satirical super PAC, "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" -- Citizen Colbert : humor as rhetorical education in the public sphere.