Title: Political Satire and Postmodern Irony in the Age of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
Abstract: The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 42, Issue 5 p. 856-874 Political Satire and Postmodern Irony in the Age of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart LISA COLLETTA, LISA COLLETTA American University of RomeSearch for more papers by this author LISA COLLETTA, LISA COLLETTA American University of RomeSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 October 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2009.00711.xCitations: 37Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 5th ed. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. Google Scholar Camfield, Gregg. How MTV 'Re-Butts the Satiric Argument of Beavis and Butt-Head. New Directions in American Humor. Ed. David E. E. Sloane. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1998. 26–40. Web of Science®Google Scholar Carter, Bill. "CNN Will Cancel 'Crossfire' and Cut Ties to Commentator."The New York Times, 6 Jan. 2005. Google Scholar CBS News. "The Colbert Report: Morley Safer Profiles Comedy Central's 'Fake' Newsman." 13 Aug. 2006. Jan. 2007. 〈http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/27/60minutes/main1553506.shtml〉 Google Scholar The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. Episode 1. Google Scholar The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. Episode 82. Google Scholar Colbert, Stephen. White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Transcript. 26 Apr. 2006. Jan. 2007. 〈http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/30/1441/59811〉 Google Scholar Crossfire. 15 Oct. 2004. Jan. 2007. CNN. 〈http://www.politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htm〉 Google Scholar Cuddon, J. A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin Books, 1991. Web of Science®Google Scholar The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Episode 8114. 17 Mar. 2004. Jan. 2007. 〈http://www.anitasdailyshowpage.tripod.com/transcripts/2004fake.htm〉 Google Scholar Debord, Guy. The Society of the Spectacle. Trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith. New York: Zone Books, 1995. Google Scholar Dettmar, Kevin J. H. Learning Irony with The Simpsons. Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture. Ed. John Alberti. Detroit: Wayne State UP, 2004. 85–107. Google Scholar Eagleton, Terry. The Idea of Culture. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2000. Google Scholar Fish, Stanley. Short People Got No Reason to Live: Reading Irony. Daedalus 112 (1998): 175–91. Google Scholar Freud, Sigmund. Jokes and their Relation to the Unconcious. The Standard Edition. Trans. James Strachey. New York: Norton, 1960. Google Scholar Jameson, Frederic. Postmodernism and Consumer Society. The Anti-Aesthetic. Ed. Hal Foster. Washington: Bay Press, 1986. 127–145. Google Scholar Meredith, George. Essay on Comedy. Comedy. Ed. Wylie Sypher. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1956. 3–60. Google Scholar O'Reilly, Bill. The O'Reilly Factor. 7 Feb. 2003. Jan. 2007. Transcript: 〈http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/reyesvoreilly.htm〉 Google Scholar The Simpsons . "Treehouse of Horror V." Fox Television, episode 6, season 6. Google Scholar Waugh, Evelyn. Fan-Fare. The Essays, Articles, and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh. Ed. Donat Gallagher. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. 300–304. Google Scholar Wilkie, Rob. 'W' as a Floating Signifier: Class and Politics after the 'Post.' Journal of American Culture 22.3 (2002): 603–21. Google Scholar Citing Literature Volume42, Issue5October 2009Pages 856-874 ReferencesRelatedInformation
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