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COMEDY IN CRISES IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
04 / 2023
9783031189623
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Sinopsis

Comedy in Crisesáprovides aánovel contribution to an emerging comedy studies field, offering a fresh approach and understanding towardáboth the motivation and reception of humour in diverseácontemporary art contexts. Drawing together research by artists, theorists, curators, and historians from around the world (from Palestine, to Greece, Brazil, and Indigenous Australia), itáprovides new insight into how humour is weaponised in contemporary art - focusing on its role in negotiating complex cultural identities, the expectations of art markets, the impact of historical legacies, as well as its role in bolstering cultural resilience. In so doing, this bookáexplores a vital, yet under-explored, aspect of contemporary art. Over the last decade, we have witnessed an overwhelming emphasis on experiences of precarity and emergency in contemporary art discourse, reflecting a popular view that the decade following the outbreak of the global financial crisis has been marked by an intersection of constant crises (refugee crisis, sovereign debt crisis, environmental disaster, COVID).áComedy in Crisesáoffers innovative analysis of the relationship between this context and the growing use of humour by artists from around the world, making clear the vital role of laughter in mediating the collective trauma that takes shape today in a period of protracted crisis.

PVP
48,21