James Brassett 
The Ironic State 
British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization

What can comedy tell us about the politics of a nation?
In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital understandings of the everyday politics of globalization in Britain.
The book explores British comedy and Britain’s global politics from post-war imperial decline through to its awkward embrace of globalization, examining a wide variety of comedic mediums, such as the popular television show The Office and the online satire The Daily Mash. Touching on issues such as empire, the class system and capitalism, the author demonstrates how comedy offers valuable insights on how global market life is experienced, mediated, contested and accommodated.

表中的内容

Introduction: Comedy and the Politics of (Global) Resistance
Everyday Comic Resistance in Global Context
The Satire Boom: Imperial Decline and the Rise of the Everyday Elite
Alternative Comedy and Resistance to ‘Thatcher’s Britain’
Irony and the Liminality of Resistance
Austerity and the Rise of Radical Comedy
Brexit, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Market
The Globalization of Comic Resistance?

关于作者

James Brassett is Reader in International Political Economy (IPE) at the University of Warwick.