No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as has Comedy Central's South Park. This is the show that has featured, in turn, a nine-year-old boy enmeshed in an affair with Ben Affleck, a maniacal Mel Gibson smearing feces everywhere, and the misadventures of Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, a talking, bouncing, singing piece of poop. While it's not always an exercise in good taste, South Park is a socially significant satire that has also devoted entire episodes to interpretations of Great Expectations, Ken Burns' Civil War, and Hamlet. This volume explores the popularity…mehr
No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as has Comedy Central's South Park. This is the show that has featured, in turn, a nine-year-old boy enmeshed in an affair with Ben Affleck, a maniacal Mel Gibson smearing feces everywhere, and the misadventures of Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, a talking, bouncing, singing piece of poop. While it's not always an exercise in good taste, South Park is a socially significant satire that has also devoted entire episodes to interpretations of Great Expectations, Ken Burns' Civil War, and Hamlet. This volume explores the popularity and cultural relevance of South Park and its place as an artistically and politically worthy satire. Among the topics explored are the shows parody of the processes of manufacturing political consent; its treatments of Shakespeares plays; the interrogation of anti-tobacco legislation; and the shows creators seemingly irreverent and dismissive treatment of environmentalism.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Leslie Stratyner, a professor of English at Mississippi University for Women, lives in Columbus, Mississippi. James R. Keller is a professor and chair of the English and Theatre department at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. The author or editor of numerous works about popular culture, he lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Table of Contents Introduction: An Unofficial Explanation and Brief History of South Park LESLIE STRATYNER and JAMES R. KELLER 1. Kierkegaard, Contradiction, and South Park: The Jester's View of Religion LORI LIPOMA 2. Truthiness and Consequences: Chewbacca and the Defense of Political Perfection RICHARD JOHNSTON and DAVID MCAVOY 3. "Yon Fart Doth Smell of Elderberries Sweet": South Park and Shakespeare ANNE GOSSAGE 4. Bloody Mayhem 7, Life Lessons 0: The Depiction of Youth Sports KATHARINE KITTREDGE 5. Miss Information: Consumer Excess, Health Care and Historical Guilt in "Cherokee Hair Tampons" JOLENE ARMSTRONG 6. Facts, Fatsos, and Fascism: South Park's Interrogation of Anti-Tobacco Legislation BRENNAN M. THOMAS 7. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Moderation and Tolerance of GLBT Communities BRADLEY EVANS 8. A Carnival in the Rainforest: Familiarizing Environmental Rhetoric DEIDRE PIKE 9. Canada and Saddam in South Park: Aboot Allah DANIEL KEYES 10. "Yes I Am, Cartman!": Kyle Broflovski's Cool Judaism KENNETH R. MOREFIELD 11. "Among School Children": Lacan and the South Park Felt Board Lesson JAMES R. KELLER About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction: An Unofficial Explanation and Brief History of South Park LESLIE STRATYNER and JAMES R. KELLER 1. Kierkegaard, Contradiction, and South Park: The Jester's View of Religion LORI LIPOMA 2. Truthiness and Consequences: Chewbacca and the Defense of Political Perfection RICHARD JOHNSTON and DAVID MCAVOY 3. "Yon Fart Doth Smell of Elderberries Sweet": South Park and Shakespeare ANNE GOSSAGE 4. Bloody Mayhem 7, Life Lessons 0: The Depiction of Youth Sports KATHARINE KITTREDGE 5. Miss Information: Consumer Excess, Health Care and Historical Guilt in "Cherokee Hair Tampons" JOLENE ARMSTRONG 6. Facts, Fatsos, and Fascism: South Park's Interrogation of Anti-Tobacco Legislation BRENNAN M. THOMAS 7. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Moderation and Tolerance of GLBT Communities BRADLEY EVANS 8. A Carnival in the Rainforest: Familiarizing Environmental Rhetoric DEIDRE PIKE 9. Canada and Saddam in South Park: Aboot Allah DANIEL KEYES 10. "Yes I Am, Cartman!": Kyle Broflovski's Cool Judaism KENNETH R. MOREFIELD 11. "Among School Children": Lacan and the South Park Felt Board Lesson JAMES R. KELLER About the Contributors Index
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