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Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication

Posted By: roxul
Date: 23 Oct 2022 08:34:09
Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication

Dustin Goltz, "Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication"
English | ISBN: 0367202131 | 2019 | 256 pages | EPUB | 612 KB

Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication studies patterns of criticism and public debate in the relationship between humour, identity, and offense. In an increasingly reductive and politically charged debate, right-wing pundits argue leftist politics has compromised a free and open discussion, while scholars take right-wing critics to task for reifying systems of oppression under the guise of reason and respect. In response, Goltz scrutinises twenty-first century "comedic controversies," the notion of "political correctness," and the so-called "outrage machine" of social media. How should we appropriately determine whether a joke is "sexist," "racist," or "offensive"?
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