Trump Was a Joke
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Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't

Sophia A Mcclennen

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eBook - ePub

Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't

Sophia A Mcclennen

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About This Book

Written by a scholar of satire and politics, Trump Was a Joke explains why satire is an exceptional foil for absurd political times and why it did a particularly good job of making sense of Trump.

Covering a range of comedic interventions, Trump Was a Joke analyzes why political satire is surprisingly effective at keeping us sane when politics is making us crazy. Its goal is to highlight the unique power of political satire to encourage critical thinking, foster civic action, and further rational debate in moments of political hubris and hysteria. The book has been endorsed by Bassem Youssef, who has been referred to as the "Jon Stewart of Egypt, " and Srdja Popovic, author of Blueprint for Revolution, who used satirical activism to bring down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic.

With a foreword by award-winning filmmaker, satirist, and activist Michael Moore, this study will be of interest to readers who follow politics and enjoy political comedy and will appeal to the communications, comedy studies, media studies, political science, rhetoric, cultural studies, and American studies markets.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000858747
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political History & Theory
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Foreword
  11. List of Figures
  12. 1 This Can’t Be Good, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satire
  13. 2 Trump Was a Joke, But It Wasn’t Funny
  14. 3 It’s Hard to Make a Joke Out of a Joke
  15. 4 The First Media-Created President
  16. 5 “Let’s Make Donald Drumpf Again”
  17. 6 The Joke’s on You: The Power of Satire
  18. 7 The Last Laugh: Satire’s Secret Weapon
  19. Works Cited
  20. Index