Amber Day

Caught in the Crosshairs (eBook, ePUB)

Feminist Comedians and the Culture Wars

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The landscape of comedy has undergone a seismic shift in recent years with an increasing number of female comedians breaking through to mainstream audiences. Women are claiming high-profile roles as late-night hosts, sketch comedians, television producers, and standup stars. As they disrupt industry norms and transgress cultural boundaries, they have also become lightning rods for controversy, eliciting flares of anger, amazement, revulsion, or hope.

Caught in the Crosshairs delves not only into the work of feminist icons like Samantha Bee, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Michelle Wolf, and Hannah Gadsby, but also into the discourse surrounding their comedy. Author Amber Day argues that these debates transcend mere entertainment; they are cultural battlegrounds for larger philosophical and political conflicts, interrogating ideals of gender, race, power, and public space. We see conflicts over what should be considered scandalous or beyond the pale, who should be in the intended audience, what is appropriate behavior for which performing bodies, and what the boundaries of comedy ultimately are.

Caught in the Crosshairs is an examination of how feminist comedy reflects the tensions of our times, disrupting established narratives and challenging traditional power structures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253073174
• Artikelnr.: 73910509

Autorenporträt

Amber Day is Professor of Media and Performance Studies and Chair of the History, Literature, and the Arts Department at Bryant University. She is author of Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate (IUP, 2011) and editor of DIY Utopia: Cultural Imagination and the Remaking of the Possible.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Ambivalence: Feminist Comedy Past and Present
2. Ridicule: Leslie Jones and the Growing Visibility of the Alt-Right
3. Loathing: Amy Schumer and White Feminism
4. Revulsion: Samantha Bee, Michelle Wolf, and Twin Comedic Controversies
5. Hope: Hannah Gadsby and the Expansion of Comedy's Borders
6. Conclusion: Female Comedians and the Cultural Imaginary
Notes
Works Cited
Index