Satir untuk Skandal Kebocoran Data Facebook

Satir untuk Skandal Kebocoran Data Facebook “Seems like the only way you can defend your privacy is to be off the grid. That’s why I’m launching my new service: Amsihbook. Everything about Facebook, except the electricity.” – Stephen Colbert (dari monolognya di The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2018, episode 522, 30 Maret 2018) Kesatiran […]

News Parody and Political Satire

News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe 1st Edition by Geoffrey Baym (Editor),‎ Jeffrey P. Jones (Editor) In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentary about public affairs. Perhaps more surprisingly, so-called ‘fake news’ is now a […]

The Mocking of the President

The Mocking of the President: A History of Campaign Humor from Ike to Ronnie (Humor in Life and Letters) by Gerald C. Gardner (Author) Editorial Reviews From Library Journal Nearly every president and would-be president (and their veeps) have left behind a trail of inconsistencies, embarrassments, and downright absurdities. Naturally these have not gone unnoticed […]

Satire and Politics

Satire and Politics The Interplay of Heritage and Practice Editors: Milner Davis, Jessica (Ed.) About This Book This book examines the multi-media explosion of contemporary political satire. Rooted in 18th century Augustan practice, satire’s indelible link with politics underlies today’s universal disgust with the ways of elected politicians. This study interrogates the impact of British […]

The Wall Street journal book of wit

The Wall Street journal book of wit: A 10 year treasury of thousands of highly quotable rhymes, daffynitions, and quips Paperback – 1980 The Wall Street journal book of wit: A 10 year treasury of thousands of highly quotable rhymes, daffynitions, and quips. Product details Paperback: 226 pages Publisher: Dow Jones-Irwin (1980) Language: English ISBN-10: […]

Creativity and Humour in Occupy Movements

Creativity and Humour in Occupy Movements: Intellectual Disobedience in Turkey and Beyond 2015th Edition  by A. Yalcintas (Editor) This volume offers scholarly perspectives on the creative and humorous nature of the protests at Gezi Park in Turkey, 2013. The contributors argue that these protests inspired musicians, film-makers, social scientists and other creative individuals, out of […]

African American Humor

African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series) Paperback – August 1, 2002 by Mel Watkins (Author), Dick Gregory (Foreword) This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two […]

Humor and Nonviolent Struggle in Serbia

Humor and Nonviolent Struggle in Serbia (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution) Hardcover – October 29, 2015 by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (Author) “If I had no sense of humor, I should long ago have committed suicide,” wrote the late Mahatma Gandhi, expressing the potent power of humor to sustain and uplift. Less obvious is humor’s […]

The Rhetoric of Racist Humour

The Rhetoric of Racist Humour: US, UK and Global Race Joking Hardcover – 21 Sep 2011 by Simon Weaver (Author) In today’s multicultural and multireligious societies, humour and comedy often become the focus of controversy over alleged racist or offensive content, as shown, for instance, by the intense debate of Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters Ali […]

Humorous Political Stunts

Humorous Political Stunts Paperback – May 9, 2015 by Majken Jul Sørensen (Author) A group of anti-conscription activists break into a prison, demanding to be jailed together with their friend already locked up because of his beliefs.