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Popular Culture and the Future of Politics
Cultural Studies and the Tao of South Park
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2009
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Popular Culture and the Future of Politics: Cultural Studies and the Tao of South Park argues that progressives should conceive the connections between media, policy, and culture beyond the limits of 'politics' and 'news.' With sustained analyses of groundbreaking contemporary examples of what has become known as 'convergence culture,' Ted Gournelos brings together a wide range of media without sacrificing depth. His examples, such as South Park, The Simpsons, The Onion, The Daily Show, Chappelle's Show, and The Boondocks, are chosen for their political scope and social impact and demonstrate the ways in which what we know as 'politics' is rapidly changing. The book's forays into established fields like feminist, race, and queer theory are combined with perspectives drawn from political economy and rhetoric to demonstrate the power of irony, humor, and cultural dissonance in modern approaches to dissonant cultural politics.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3721-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3722-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
285
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Introduction How to Break What's Broken: Visual Culture, Dissonance, and Politics No access Pages 1 - 10
Prelude Tactics of Oppositional Culture No access Pages 11 - 38
Chapter 1 Boobs, Barf, and Bloody Asses: Coming of Age in South Park No access
Chapter 2 Singing in Hell with Satan: Intertextuality,Music, and the Regulation of the Child No access
Interlude 1 Irony, Community,and the Intelligent Design Debate in South Park and The Simpsons No access
Chapter 3 Puppets, Slaves, and Sex Changes: Mr. Garrison and South Park's Perfonnative Sexuality No access
Chapter 4 Muhammad's Ghost: Religion, Censorship, and the Politics of Intimidation No access
Interlude2 To Rely on the Absurdity of the System: The Daily Show, The Onion, and New Media Convergence No access
Chapter 5 Ambivalent Opposition: South Park's Racial Discourse No access
Chapter 6 A Neo-Con Parade: South Park and Post-9/11 Politics No access
Coda The Boondocks, Chappelle's Show, and the Rearticulation of Racial Politics No access
Conclusion Playing with the System, Playing with Fire No access Pages 247 - 252
Bibliography No access Pages 253 - 264
Index No access Pages 265 - 285
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