Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film by Ryan Bishop (English) Hardcover

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This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film.

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This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture. The important innovators of American film comedy and the role of visual technology within cultural politic are discussed, as well as theorists such as Freud, Baudrillard, and Derrida. Key features* Close analysis of two films to illustrate key points in each chapter* Relevant both to film and cultural studies* Chronological treatment

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'Bishop offers a rich contextualized history of the American comedy film. Covering a wide range of films and theorists, the book makes a unique contribution to both film studies and visual culture studies. He explores the way comic films - as complex textual, technological, and social constructs - contributed to the specific forms and powers of visuality in twentieth-century modernities.'Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina Chapel HillHow does comedy in film attempt cultural criticism? How does cinema use its own visual technology to reflect on and critique its power within both politics and visual culture?Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film addresses these questions in detail as it argues for the centrality of comedy in film as a means of staging cultural criticism. Focusing on the powerful and sustained shifts in visual culture that cinema helped to generate, foster and question in the twentieth century, it examines the issues of technology that allow film comedies to engage in self-reflexive cultural criticism and to produce and critique the use of visual technology within US and global cultural politics.Grounded in the theoretical writings of thinkers such as Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida in relation to repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image, this book considers comedy as integral for a critical engagement of the constructs of culture. It brings a new perspective to comedy in film, invaluable to students and scholars in Film Studies.Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Art and Politics at Winchester School of Art and Co-Director of the Winchester Centre for Global Futures in Art Design & Media at the University of Southampton.Cover images: Team America: World Police, 2004, Parker & Trey

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'Bishop offers a rich contextualized history of the American comedy film. Covering a wide range of films and theorists, the book makes a unique contribution to both film studies and visual culture studies. He explores the way comic films - as complex textual, technological, and social constructs - contributed to the specific forms and powers of visuality in twentieth-century modernities.'Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina Chapel HillHow does comedy in film attempt cultural criticism? How does cinema use its own visual technology to reflect on and critique its power within both politics and visual culture?Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film addresses these questions in detail as it argues for the centrality of comedy in film as a means of staging cultural criticism. Focusing on the powerful and sustained shifts in visual culture that cinema helped to generate, foster and question in the twentieth century, it examines the issues of technology that allow film comedies to engage in self-reflexive cultural criticism and to produce and critique the use of visual technology within US and global cultural politics.Grounded in the theoretical writings of thinkers such as Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida in relation to repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image, this book considers comedy as integral for a critical engagement of the constructs of culture. It brings a new perspective to comedy in film, invaluable to students and scholars in Film Studies.Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Art and Politics at Winchester School of Art and Co-Director of the Winchester Centre for Global Futures in Art Design & Media at the University of Southampton.Cover images: Team America: World Police, 2004, Parker & Trey

Author Biography

Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Arts and Politics at Winchester School of Art, and co-director of the Winchester Centre for Global Futures in Art and Design Media, University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

1 American Film Comedy and Cultural Critique; 2 The Feeding Machine and Feeding the Machine: Silence, Sound and the Technologies of Cinema; 3 The Constitution of the Real: Documentary, Mockumentary, and the Status of the Image; 4 Parody: Targeting Cinema's Narrative Technics; 5 The Unspeakable and Political Satire: Performance, Perception, and Technology; 6 Conclusion: Between the Machine and the Event: Film Comedy.

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Bishop offers a rich contextualized history of the American comedy film. Covering a wide range of films and theorists, the book makes a unique contribution to both film studies and visual culture studies. He explores the way comic films - as complex textual, technological, and social constructs - contributed to the specific forms and powers of visuality in twentieth-century modernities.-- "Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill"

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Analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends

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This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture. Grounded in the theoretical writing of Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida, Bishop brings a new perspective to comedy in film suggesting that it is central to staging cultural criticism. He discusses themes such as repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image.

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Bishop offers a rich contextualized history of the American comedy film. Covering a wide range of films and theorists, the book makes a unique contribution to both film studies and visual culture studies.

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Analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends

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This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture. Grounded in the theoretical writing of Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida, Bishop brings a new perspective to comedy in film suggesting that it is central to staging cultural criticism. He discusses themes such as repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image. Key features Close analysis of two films to illustrate key points in each chapter Relevant both to film and cultural studies Chronological treatment

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Close analysis of two films per chapter illustrate key points Relevant both to film and cultural studies Chronological treatment

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This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and conceptual study discussing the comedy narrative, comic traditions, and role of visual culture. Grounded in the theoretical writing of Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Friedrich Kittler and Jacques Derrida, Bishop brings a new perspective to comedy in film suggesting that it is central to staging cultural criticism. He discusses themes such as repetition, automation, material systems of information media, the level of address in a communicative act, and the shifting role of the image.

Details ISBN0748643079 Short Title COMEDY & CULTURAL CRITIQUE IN Language English ISBN-10 0748643079 ISBN-13 9780748643073 Media Book Format Hardcover Publisher Edinburgh University Press Author Ryan Bishop Birth 1959 Affiliation National University of Singapore, Singapore Year 2013 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 791.43617 UK Release Date 2013-04-30 NZ Release Date 2013-04-30 Edited by Johanna Spanke Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Pages 192 Publication Date 2013-04-30 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2013-07-29 Alternative 9780748698042 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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