Robert Samuels

The Politics and Psychoanalysis of Comedy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the political aspects of comedy and how unconscious social and psychological factors within a cultural and historical context shape it. Updating Freud's work on jokes, Samuels argues that any universal model of comedy must account for the role played by distinct genres, which are determined by political psychopathologies.

Produktdetails

• Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781666945744
• ISBN-10: 1666945749
• Artikelnr.: 68538234

Autorenporträt

Robert Samuels teaches advanced writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Libertarian Comedy: The Hidden Danger of the Joe Rogan Experience
2. The Office and the Political Humor of Centrist Narcissists
3. The Hidden Conservative: Dave Chappelle and the Trap of Assimilation
4. Curb Your Liberalism
5. The Limits of Left-Wing Humor: Hannah Gadsby, Comedic Journalism, and the
Misunderstanding of Freud
6. Don't Look Up: Maybe Politics Needs to Be Serious
Bibliography
Index
About the Author