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Deconstructing South Park
Critical Examinations of Animated Transgression
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2011
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Deconstructing South Park: Critical Examinations of Animated Transgression is an edited collection by Brian Cogan that looks at the long and controversial run of one of the most subversive programs on television. South Park, while denounced by many as simply scatological, is actually one of the most nuanced and thoughtful programs on television. The contributors to South Park reveal that, through the lens of four foul-mouthed nine year olds, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have created one of the most astute forms of social and political commentary in television history.
Deconstructing South Park, itself the most ambitious deconstruction of popular culture to date, analyzes how South Park is not only entertainment, but a commentary on American culture that tackles controversial issues far beyond the depth of most television. Specifically, the medium of animated sitcom allows the show's creators to contribute to cultural conversations regarding disability studies, religion, sexuality, celebrity, and more. If South Park deconstructs American culture, then Cogan and his contributors deconstruct the deconstructionists and reveal South Park in all its hilarious and often contradictory complexity.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6746-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6747-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
236
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Deconstructing South Park? South Park Is Deconstruction! No access
1 From Whence Came Cartman No access
2 “The Brown Noise”: A Roundtable Discussion on Satire and South Park, Chaired by Eric Cartman No access
3 “I’m Not Special?” No access
4 “But I’m Not in the Closet!” Or, “Oh My God It’s George Clooney as the Voice of the Dog!” No access
5 Is Nothing Sacred? No access
6 The Devil Went Up to Colorado No access
7 The South Park Apocalypse No access
8 “The Most Foul of the Foul Words” No access
9 “I Made You Eat Your Parents!” No access
10 Respecting “Authoritah” No access
11 The Feminine Mistook No access
12 Tweaking Art, the Art of Tweek No access
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 221 - 226
Index No access Pages 227 - 232
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 233 - 236
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