Irony In The Age Of Empire
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Irony In The Age Of Empire
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Author : Cynthia Willett
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2008-07-09
Irony In The Age Of Empire written by Cynthia Willett and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-09 with Performing Arts categories.
Comedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools for reinforcing social patterns of domination as well as weapons for emancipation. In Irony in the Age of Empire, Cynthia Willett asks: What could embody liberation better than laughter? Why do the oppressed laugh? What vision does the comic world prescribe? For Willett, the comic trumps standard liberal accounts of freedom by drawing attention to bodies, affects, and intimate relationships, topics which are usually neglected by political philosophy. Willett's philosophical reflection on comedy issues a powerful challenge to standard conceptions of freedom by proposing a new kind of freedom that is unapologetically feminist, queer, and multiracial. This book provides a wide-ranging, original, thoughtful, and expansive discussion of citizenship, social manners, and political freedom in our world today.
Of Irony And Empire
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Author : Laura Rice
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Of Irony And Empire written by Laura Rice and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara—Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)—Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.
Irony Misogyny And Interpretation
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Author : Tom Grimwood
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-04
Irony Misogyny And Interpretation written by Tom Grimwood and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
What is it to claim that “misogyny” might be “ironic”? Why is it that, in the works of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer, the possibility of irony constantly interferes with a conclusive ethical judgement over the meaning of their “misogyny”? How do we hold our interpretations of such ambiguous texts ethically accountable? This book brings together the driving concerns of hermeneutics, feminist philosophy and the history of philosophy in dealing with the “problem of irony”. It develops a thematic account of the concept of irony as a philosophical form of interpretation, and explores this through close readings of three key sites of controversy regarding the relationship between irony and misogyny: Schopenhauer’s “On Women”, Kierkegaard’s “In Vino Veritas” and Nietzsche’s “Woman and Child”. Far from a distraction from or “excuse” for misogyny, the book argues that ironic ambiguity is a formative aspect of all three texts; and explores the different ways in which the authority of Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are constructed in terms of the problem of irony.
The Politics Of Irony In American Modernism
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Author : Matthew Stratton
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
The Politics Of Irony In American Modernism written by Matthew Stratton and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize This book shows how American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century saw “irony” emerge as a term to describe intersections between aesthetic and political practices. Against conventional associations of irony with political withdrawal, Stratton shows how the term circulated widely in literary and popular culture to describe politically engaged forms of writing. It is a critical commonplace to acknowledge the difficulty of defining irony before stipulating a particular definition as a stable point of departure for literary, cultural, and political analysis. This book, by contrast, is the first to derive definitions of “irony” inductively, showing how writers employed it as a keyword both before and in opposition to the institutionalization of New Criticism. It focuses on writers who not only composed ironic texts but talked about irony and satire to situate their work politically: Randolph Bourne, Benjamin De Casseres, Ellen Glasgow, John Dos Passos, Ralph Ellison, and many others.
On An Age Of Trillionaires An Age Of Empire An Of The Distinction An Age Of Genuine Progress For Humans Irony Is Not Wise
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Author : Michael Herlache
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-14
On An Age Of Trillionaires An Age Of Empire An Of The Distinction An Age Of Genuine Progress For Humans Irony Is Not Wise written by Michael Herlache and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-14 with categories.
On An Age of Trillionaires. An Age of Empire. An of the Distinction. An Age of Genuine Progress for Humans ("Irony" is not wise)
Isn T It Ironic
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Author : Ian Kinane
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-04-25
Isn T It Ironic written by Ian Kinane and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-25 with Education categories.
This volume addresses the relationship between irony and popular culture and the role of the consumer in determining and disseminating meaning. Arguing that in a cultural climate largely characterised by fractious communications and perilous linguistic exchanges, the very role of irony in popular culture needs to come under greater scrutiny, it focuses on the many uses, abuses, and misunderstandings of irony in contemporary popular culture, and explores the troubling political populism at the heart of many supposedly satirical and (apparently) non-satirical texts. In an environment in which irony is frequently claimed as a defence for material and behaviour judged controversial, how do we, as a society entrenched in forms of popular culture and media, interpret work that is intended as satire but which reads as unironic? How do we accurately decode works of popular film, literature, television, music, and other cultural forms which sell themselves as bitingly ironic commentaries on current society, but which are also problematic celebrations of the very issues they purport to critique? And what happens when texts intended and received in one manner are themselves ironically recontextualised in another? Bringing together studies across a range of cultural texts including popular music, film and television, Isn’t it Ironic? will appeal to scholars of the social sciences and humanities with interests in cultural studies, media studies, popular culture, literary studies and sociology.
The Element Of Irony In English Literature
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Author : F. M. C. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-08-21
The Element Of Irony In English Literature written by F. M. C. Turner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Originally published in 1926, this book presents a concise analysis of the nature of irony in English literature, with special emphasis on 'prophetic irony'. Discussion focuses on examples taken from prose literature, with an introductory section on the meaning of irony.
Stand Up Preaching
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Author : Jacob D. Myers
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-10-06
Stand Up Preaching written by Jacob D. Myers and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-06 with Religion categories.
Few vocations share more in common with preaching than stand-up comedy. Each profession demands attention to the speaker’s bodily and facial gestures, tone and inflection, timing, and thoughtful engagement with contemporary contexts. Furthermore, both preaching and stand-up arise out of creative tension with homiletic or comedic traditions, respectively. Every time the preacher steps into the pulpit or the comedian steps onto the stage, they must measure their words and gestures against their audience’s expectations and assumptions. They participate in a kind of dance that is at once choreographed and open to improvisation. It is these and similar commonalities between preaching and stand-up comedy that this book engages. Stand-Up Preaching does not aim to help preachers tell better jokes. The focus of this book is far more expansive. Given the recent popularity of comedy specials, preachers have greater access to a broad array of emerging comics who showcase fresh comedic styles and variations on comedic traditions. Coupled with the perennial Def Comedy Jams on HBO, preachers also have ready access to the work of classic comics who have exhibited great storytelling and stage presence. This book will offer readers tools to discern what is homiletically significant in historical and contemporary stand-up routines, equipping them with fresh ways to riff off of their respective preaching traditions, and nuanced ways to engage issues of contemporary sociopolitical importance.
The Element Of Irony In English Literature
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Author : Francis McDougall Charlewood Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926
The Element Of Irony In English Literature written by Francis McDougall Charlewood Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with English literature categories.
The Journal Of Speculative Philosophy
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Author : William Torrey Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Journal Of Speculative Philosophy written by William Torrey Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Electronic journals categories.