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Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film - Couverture souple

Bishop, Ryan

 
9780748698042: Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0748698043 ISBN 13 : 9780748698042
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture. Grounded in the theoretical writing of Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida, Ryan Bishop brings a new perspective to comedy in film suggesting that it is central to staging cultural criticism. He discusses themes such as repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image. Close analysis of two films per chapter illustrate key points. Relevant both to film and cultural studies scholars. It provides an in-depth chronological treatment of the comedy genre in the US.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Art and Politics at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton.

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Éditeur
Edinburgh University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0748698043
ISBN 13 
9780748698042
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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