Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals

by Jared N. Champion (Editor), Peter C. Kunze (Editor)

Overview

A comprehensive study of comedy as social discourse and how comedians influence public opinion

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496835482
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	11/15/2021
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jared N. Champion is assistant professor of writing and interdisciplinary studies at Mercer University. He is editor of Cliffs and Challenges: A Young Woman Explores Yosemite, 1915-1917. Peter C. Kunze is visiting assistant professor of communication at Tulane University. He is editor or coeditor of multiple publications, including The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon; American-Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections; and Conversations with Maurice Sendak, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi.

Editorial Reviews

This volume appears at just the right time in recent history. . . . Are certain comedians American versions of the public intellectual? It's a fascinating question, and anyone interested in public intellectualism in its present forms should definitely check out this volume.--Julie Webber "Studies in American Humor"

[Taking a Stand] does an excellent job of constructing comedy as a dominant hermeneutic for shaping culture, and framing how the public understands complex issues.--K. J. Wetmore Jr. "CHOICE"

Taking a Stand makes a valuable addition to many disciplines, from media studies to gender studies to communication to sociology, not just for the wide breadth of its topics and analysis, but also for the considerable skill with which each chapter is crafted.--Ted Gournelos, author of Popular Culture and the Future of Politics: Cultural Studies and the Tao of "South Park"

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