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Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere

From Socrates to Stephen Colbert
  • ISBN-13: 9781498519885
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Elizabeth Benacka
  • Price: AUD $88.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/12/2018
  • Format: Paperback 178 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Media studies [JFD]
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Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere: From Socrates to Stephen Colbert investigates classical and contemporary understandings of satire, parody, and irony, and how these genres function within a deliberative democracy. Elizabeth Benacka examines the rhetorical history, theorization, and practice of humor spanning from ancient Greece and Rome to the contemporary United States. In particular, this book focuses on the contemporary work of Stephen Colbert and his parody of a conservative media pundit, analyzing how his humor took place in front of an uninitiated audience and ridiculed a variety of problems and controversies threatening American democracy. Ultimately, Benacka emphasizes the importance of humor as a discourse capable of calling forth a group of engaged citizens and a source of civic education in contemporary society.
Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Wisdom from the Ancients: The Rhetorical History of Humor Chapter 2 Damn Yankees: The History and Practice of Humor in the United States Chapter 3 Correspondents and Colbert: Address at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner Chapter 4 Congress and Colbert: Testimony on "Protecting our Nation's Harvest" in 2010 Before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Chapter 5 Citizens United and Colbert: The Satirical Super PAC, "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" Chapter 6 Citizen Colbert: Humor as Rhetorical Education in the Public Sphere Bibliography About the Author
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