1st Edition
Comic Performativities Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication
By Dustin Goltz
Copyright 2017
256 Pages
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Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: what Rock Said: Don't Tweet This
- Ironic Performativity: Amy Schumer and the Conventions of Embodiment
- The End of the Discussion: The Crisis of Judgment
- The joke is on YOU: Audience Contexts, Criticisms, and Investments
- "We Saw Your Boobs": "Bro Camp" and Subversive Coaching
- Conclusion: Racial Humor and Performing White Innocence
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Biography
Dustin Bradley Goltz PhD, MFA, is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies in The College of Communication at DePaul University. He is a scholar and artist and has authored several works, including Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation (2009) and Queer Praxis (2015).
