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Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate
Amber Day
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| #1149661 in Books | 2011-02-16 | 2011-02-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.61 x6.00l,.81 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Provocative|By Tony Houston|Day explores the question of whether satire is fundamentally conservative or radical. Intuition says it's radical because it challenges the status quo, but scholars have argued that it serves as a safety valve and disarms activist anger. Contemporary activist satirists such as Jon Steward, Stephen Colbert and the Yes Men complicate the question. By b|||"In this compelling new book, Day manages to not only persuasively argue why political satire has gained such a foothold in our popular culture, but also convincingly argues why it matters." ―liminalities.net, July 2011
|"Day deftly demonstrates
In an age when Jon Stewart frequently tops lists of most-trusted newscasters, the films of Michael Moore become a dominant topic of political campaign analysis, and activists adopt ironic, fake personas to attract attention―the satiric register has attained renewed and urgent prominence in political discourse. Amber Day focuses on the parodist news show, the satiric documentary, and ironic activism to examine the techniques of performance across media, highlighting ...
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