Satire and dissent
Subtitle: interventions in contemporary political debate
By: Amber Day
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780253355881; 9780253222817
Subjects: Television talk shows; Documentary films; Political aspects; Irony; History and criticism; Television in politics; American Political satire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : poking holes in the spectacle; title: Ironic authenticity; title: Truthiness and consequences in parodic news; title: Heroes and villains : satiric documentarians spearhead the debate; title: Irony in activism; title: Moving beyond critique.