LEADER 03614oam 22004574a 450 001 9910389552603321 005 20251031173901.0 010 $a1-4529-6221-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000009670093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5965329 035 $a(OCoLC)1134485076 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse75521 035 $a(BIP)72182846 035 $a(BIP)67869432 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009670093 100 $a20181231d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUproarious $eHow Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth /$fCynthia Willett and Julie Willett 210 1$aMinneapolis, Minnesota ;$aLondon :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (196 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a1-5179-0829-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Revamping the Four Major Theories on Humor -- Fumerism: Feminist Anger and Joy from Roseanne Barr to Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes -- Fighting Back against Islamophobia and Post-9/11 Nationalism: Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, Hari Kondabolu, and Others -- Can the Animal Subaltern Laugh? Mocking Alpha Males with Georgia and Koko -- A Catharsis of Shame: The Belly Laugh and SlutWalk -- Breaking Down Bars of Separation: Radical Empathy and a Prison Roast with Jeff Ross -- Conclusion. Humor Can't Wait: In the Tragic with Tig Notaro and Hannah Gadsby. 330 $aA radical new approach to humor, where traditional targets become its agents   Humor is often dismissed as cruel ridicule or harmless fun. But what if laughter is a vital force to channel rage against patriarchy, Islamophobia, or mass incarceration? To create moments of empathy and dialogue between Black Lives Matter and the police? These and other such questions are at the heart of this powerful reassessment of humor. Placing theorists in conversation with comedians, Uproarious offers a full-frontal approach to the very foundation of comedy and its profound political impact.   Here Cynthia Willett and Julie Willett address the four major theories of humor--superiority, relief, incongruity, and social play--through the lens of feminist and game-changing comics such as Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho, Hannah Gadsby, Hari Kondabolu, and Tig Notaro. They take a radical and holistic approach to the understanding of humor, particularly of humor deployed by those from groups long relegated to the margins, and propose a powerful new understanding of humor as a force that can engender politically progressive social movements. Drawing on a range of cross-disciplinary sources, from philosophies and histories of humor to the psychology and physiology of laughter to animal studies, Uproarious offers a richer understanding of the political and cathartic potential of humor.   A major new contribution to a wider dialogue on comedy, Uproarious grounds for us explorations of outsider humor and our golden age of feminist comics--showing that when women, prisoners, even animals, laugh back, comedy along with belly laughs forge new identities and alter the political climate.   606 $aWit and humor$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWit and humor$xSocial aspects. 676 $a306.481 700 $aWillett$b Cynthia$f1956-$01106281 702 $aWillett$b Julie A. 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910389552603321 996 $aUproarious$92969463 997 $aUNINA