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A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar - The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice (Hardcover)
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A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar - The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice (Hardcover)
Series: Communication for Social Justice Activism, 1
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"A comprehensive and insightful examination of the ways comedy can
help shape social justice movements."--Hasan Minhaj, Comedian and
Host of the Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Comedy is
a powerful contemporary source of influence and information. In the
still-evolving digital era, the opportunity to consume and share
comedy has never been as available. And yet, despite its vast
cultural imprint, comedy is a little-understood vehicle for serious
public engagement in urgent social justice issues - even though
humor offers frames of hope and optimism that can encourage
participation in social problems. Moreover, in the midst of a
merger of entertainment and news in the contemporary information
ecology, and a decline in perceptions of trust in government and
traditional media institutions, comedy may be a unique force for
change in pressing social justice challenges. Comedians who say
something serious about the world while they make us laugh are
capable of mobilizing the masses, focusing a critical lens on
injustices, and injecting hope and optimism into seemingly hopeless
problems. By combining communication and social justice frameworks
with contemporary comedy examples, authors Caty Borum Chattoo and
Lauren Feldman show us how comedy can help to serve as a vehicle of
change. Through rich case studies, audience research, and
interviews with comedians and social justice leaders and
strategists, A Comedian and an Activist Walk Into a Bar: The
Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice explains how comedy - both
in the entertainment marketplace and as cultural strategy - can
engage audiences with issues such as global poverty, climate
change, immigration, and sexual assault, and how activists work
with comedy to reach and empower publics in the networked,
participatory digital media age.
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