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The Rhetoric of Brexit Humour: Comedy, Populism and the EU Referendum book cover

1st Edition

The Rhetoric of Brexit Humour Comedy, Populism and the EU Referendum

By Simon Weaver Copyright 2022
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge
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Since 2016 there has been an outpouring of humour, comedy and satire on the United Kingdom’s EU Referendum and decision to leave the EU, or Brexit. This book examines the relationship between Brexit and its comedy, exploring how Brexit and comedy are connected in both Leave and Remain discourse. It argues that both populism and comedy are rhetorical in nature and so are linked through their... Read more

Introduction: Brexit, Comedy and Populism

1. Leave or Remain? Unpacking the Dichotomies of the EU Referendum and Brexit Populism　

2. Brexit, Irony and Populist Politics　

3. Brexit Populism, Trickster Irony and Comic Responses

4. Brexit Anti-Populism, Caricature and Critique

5. Brexit, Social Class and Comedy

6. "Brexit Means Breakfast": The Language of Brexit and Comedy

7. Incongruity, Transition and the Shifting Landscape of Brexit Britain

Conclusion: Politics and Satire in Post-Referendum Britain

Biography

Simon Weaver is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Brunel University London, UK. He is also the author of The Rhetoric of Racist Humour.

'Briefly put, this title is an important addition to humour studies, and I warmly recommend it to every scholar in the field … a showcase piece on how to construct painstaking and dispassionate academic research.' - Jarno Hietalahti, The European Journal of Humour Research

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