Elizabeth Benacka

Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere (eBook, PDF)

From Socrates to Stephen Colbert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216301745
• Artikelnr.: 74845429

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Benacka is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Lake Forest College.

Inhaltsangabe

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