A Conservative Walks Into a Bar
eBook - PDF

A Conservative Walks Into a Bar

The Politics of Political Humor

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Conservative Walks Into a Bar

The Politics of Political Humor

About this book

Conservative critics argue that modern political satire, in the age of The Daily Show, has a liberal bias. A quick review of the humor landscape shows that there are very few conservative political satirists, and using personal interviews with political humorists this book explains why. The book explores the history of satire, the comedy profession, and the nature of satire itself to examine why there is an ideological imbalance in political humor and it explores the consequences of this disparity. This book will appeal to Daily Show and Colbert fans, political junkies, and anyone interested in the intersection of politics and media.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prologue
  8. Chapter 1 Who Brings the Funny?
  9. Chapter 2 Data, Experiments, and Proof
  10. Chapter 3 Mirroring the Political Climate: Satire in History
  11. Chapter 4 Art and Profession
  12. Chapter 5 Being Funny and Being Right, Being Left and Being Right
  13. Chapter 6 Conclusions
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index