Brian Cogan

Deconstructing South Park (eBook, PDF)

Critical Examinations of Animated Transgression

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Deconstructing South Park: Critical Examinations of Animated Transgression is an edited collection by Brian Cogan that looks at the long and controversial run of one of the most subversive programs on television. South Park, while denounced by many as simply scatological, is actually one of the most nuanced and thoughtful programs on television. The contributors to South Park reveal that, through the lens of four foul-mouthed nine year olds, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have created one of the most astute forms of social and political commentary in television history. Deconstructing South Park, itself the most ambitious deconstruction of popular culture to date, analyzes how South Park is not only entertainment, but a commentary on American culture that tackles controversial issues far beyond the depth of most television. Specifically, the medium of animated sitcom allows the show's creators to contribute to cultural conversations regarding disability studies, religion, sexuality, celebrity, and more. If South Park deconstructs American culture, then Cogan and his contributors deconstruct the deconstructionists and reveal South Park in all its hilarious and often contradictory complexity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216236900
• Artikelnr.: 75137308

Autorenporträt

Brian Cogan (Brooklyn, NY) is an associate professor in the Department of Communications at Molloy College in Long Island, New York. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of numerous books, articles, and anthologies on popular culture, music, and the media. He is the co-author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____________* I Learned from Monty Python. He is not one to be trifled with.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction - Deconstructing South Park? South Park is
Deconstruction! Plus, as a Bonus, Why This Book is a Bad Idea. Or as
Cartman Might Ask, Aimez-vous sucer mes couilles, Monsieur Derrida? by
Brian Cogan Part I - Satirycon in Colorado Chapter One - From Whence Came
Cartman: South Park's Satiric Lineage by Jonathan Gray Chapter Two - The
Brown Noise: A Roundtable Discussion on Satire and South Park, led by Eric
Cartman. With Introductory Remarks by Professor SH Chaos, Pandemonium
University (suburban campus), Toxic Shock, California by Stephanie Hammer
Part II - South Park and/is/on the "Other" Chapter Three - "You Mean, I'm
Not Special?" Timmy, Jimmy, and the "Double-Move" of Disability Comedy in
South Park By Michael M. Chemers and Hioni Karamanos Chapter Four - "But
I'm not in the closet!" Or, "Oh My God It's George Clooney as the Voice of
the Dog!" South Park, Celebrity, and Thank God Libel Laws are Not as Tough
as They are in England! by Brian Cogan Part III - God, the Devil, and
Cartman Chapter Five - Parody and Transgression: Religious Discourse in
South Park by Martha Mary Daas Chapter Six - The Devil Went Up to Colorado:
"Satan Comedy" in South Park by Lori Snaith Chapter Seven: The South Park
Apocalyptic: Smaller, Shorter, & All Cut Up by James Hewitson Part IV -
Meta-Discourse and Literary History Chapter Eight: "The most foul of the
foul words": South Park and Meta-Discourse by John-Paul Stephenson Chapter
Nine: "I made you eat your parents!": South Park and Literary History by
Louise Noble   Part V - Matt and Trey Talk a Lot of Shit, Literally  
Chapter Ten - Respecting 'Authoritah': Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and
Authorship in South Park and Beyond by Nick Marx Chapter Eleven - The
Feminine Mistook: Carnival Feminist Humor and South Park by MJ Robinson  
Part VI - And Now for Something Completely Diffrient   Chapter Twelve -
Tweaking Art, the Art of Tweek: Aesthetic Desecration and the Politics of
Possession in South Park by David Scott Diffrient   Bibliography About the
Contributors