Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere

Rhetoric, Humor, and the Public Sphere

From Socrates to Stephen Colbert

Benacka, Elizabeth

Lexington Books

10/2018

178

Mole

Inglês

9781498519885

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The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a means to ignite deliberative democracy, a tradition that dates back to Socrates and continues with Stephen Colbert.
Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Wisdom from the Ancients: The Rhetorical History of Humor Chapter 2 Damn Yankees: The History and Practice of Humor in the United States Chapter 3 Correspondents and Colbert: Address at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner Chapter 4 Congress and Colbert: Testimony on "Protecting our Nation's Harvest" in 2010 Before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Chapter 5 Citizens United and Colbert: The Satirical Super PAC, "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" Chapter 6 Citizen Colbert: Humor as Rhetorical Education in the Public Sphere Bibliography About the Author
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