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Record Nr.

UNISA996571862103316

Autore

Gaufman Elizaveta

Titolo

The Trump Carnival : Populism, Transgression and the Far Right / / Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2024]

2024

ISBN

3-11-123813-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 121 p.)

Collana

De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences , , 2747-5689 ; ; 35

Disciplina

973.933092

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCEĀ / American Government / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Donald Trump's campaign and presidency represented a radical departure from political norms that are often classified by media and researchers as 'populist'. Instead, this book theorizes Trump's campaign and presidency with reference to Mikhail Bakhtin's "carnival" - a medieval festival of transgression, ridicule, and renewal. In this book, Lisa Gaufman and Bharath Ganesh provide a closer insight into the Trump Carnival, developing interdisciplinary perspectives on populism, misogyny, misinformation, and far-right vernacular culture. Building on the idea of the carnivalesque, this book focuses on the laughing culture of the Trump campaigns and presidency that vilified minorities, disparaged women, and ultimately emboldened the far right. Bringing Bakhtin into dialogue with key developments in contemporary politics, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Trump phenomenon, American politics, and populism.