From broadcast to social media, comedy plays a prominent role in
Japan’s cultural landscape and political landscape. The Time of
Laughter explores how comedy grew out of the early days of
television to become a central force in shaping Japanese media over
the past half-century. Comedy and its impact, David Humphrey
argues, established a “time of laughter” in the media of the
late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in Japan. Through
masterful interrogation of Japanese televisual archives and media
discourse, Humphrey demonstrates that the unique temporality of
laughter has had a profound role in the cultural atmosphere of
Japan’s recent past. Laughter both complemented and absorbed the
profound tensions and contradictions that emerged in Japanese
television. Joyous and cacophonous, reaffirming and subverting,
laughter simultaneously alienated and unified viewers. Through its
exploration of the influence of comedy and the culture of laughter,
The Time of Laughter presents a vibrant new take on Japan’s
recent media history.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
David Humphrey
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-472-07618-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-472-07618-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780472076185 |
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