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Colbert's America

Satire and Democracy

By: Sophia A. McClennen

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Colbert's America

Satire and Democracy

By: Sophia A. McClennen

Is the comedy of Stephen Colbert simply fun or is it powerful political satire? Does it entertain viewers or does it empower them? Or does it teach us that in today's media-saturated world those binaries make no sense? Colbert's America claims that Colbert's satire fosters critical thinking about social issues, encourages active citizenship, and entertains the viewer - all at the same time. The first book to cover the various themes and features of Colbert's America offers readers insight into the powerful ways that Colbert's comedy challenges the cult of ignorance that has threatened meaningful public debate and social dialogue since 9/11.

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1137014725

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Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Toward a New Critical Paradigm

By: Sophia A. McClennen

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Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Toward a New Critical Paradigm

By: Sophia A. McClennen

Studying the case of Latin American cinema, this book analyzes one of the most public - and most exportable- forms of postcolonial national culture to argue that millennial era globalization demands entirely new frameworks for thinking about the relationship between politics, culture, and economic policies. Concerns that globalization would bring the downfall of national culture were common in the 1990s as economies across the globe began implementing neoliberal, free market policies and abolishing state protections for culture industries. Simultaneously, new technologies and the increased mobility of people and information caused others to see globalization as an era of heightened connectivity and progressive contact. Twenty-five years later, we are now able to examine the actual impact of globalization on local and regional cultures, especially those of postcolonial societies. Tracing the full life-cycle of films and studying blockbusters like City of God, Motorcycle Diaries, and Children of Men this book argues that neoliberal globalization has created a highly ambivalent space for cultural expression, one willing to market against itself as long as the stories sell. The result is an innovative and ground-breaking text suited to scholars interested in globalization studies, Latin-American studies and film studies.

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3319570609

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Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn’t

By: Sophia A Mcclennen

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Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn’t

By: Sophia A Mcclennen

Written by a scholar of satire and politics, Trump Was a Joke explains why satire is an exceptional foil for absurd political times and why it did a particularly good job of making sense of Trump. Covering a range of comedic interventions, Trump Was a Joke analyzes why political satire is surprisingly effective at keeping us sane when politics is making us crazy. Its goal is to highlight the unique power of political satire to encourage critical thinking, foster civic action, and further rational debate in moments of political hubris and hysteria. The book has been endorsed by Bassem Youssef, who has been referred to as the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” and Srdja Popovic, author of Blueprint for Revolution, who used satirical activism to bring down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. With a foreword by award-winning filmmaker, satirist, and activist Michael Moore, this study will be of interest to readers who follow politics and enjoy political comedy and will appeal to the communications, comedy studies, media studies, political science, rhetoric, cultural studies, and American studies markets.

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Taylor & Francis

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100085874X

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The Dialectics of Exile

Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures

By: Sophia A. McClennen

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The Dialectics of Exile

Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures

By: Sophia A. McClennen

The history of exile literature is as old as the history of writing itself. Despite this vast and varied literary tradition, criticism of exile writing has tended to analyze these works according to a binary logic, where exile either produces creative freedom or it traps the writer in restrictive nostalgia. The Dialectics of Exile: Nation, Time, Language and Space in Hispanic Literatures offers a theory of exile writing that accounts for the persistence of these dual impulses and for the ways that they often co-exist within the same literary works. Focusing on writers working in the latter part of the twentieth century who were exiled during a historical moment of increasing globalization, transnational economics, and the theoretical shifts of postmodernism, Sophia A. McClennen proposes that exile literature is best understood as a series of dialectic tensions about cultural identity. Through comparative analysis of Juan Goytisolo (Spain), Ariel Dorfman (Chile) and Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay), this book explores how these writers represent exile identity. Each chapter addresses dilemmas central to debates over cultural identity such as nationalism versus globalization, time as historical or cyclical, language as representationally accurate or disconnected from reality, and social space as utopic or dystopic. McClennen demonstrates how the complex writing of these three authors functions as an alternative discourse of cultural identity that not only challenges official versions imposed by authoritarian regimes, but also tests the limits of much cultural criticism.

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Purdue University Press

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1557533156

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Colbert's America

Satire and Democracy

By: Sophia A. McClennen

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Satire and Democracy

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Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism

Contemporary Dialogues

By: Jeffrey R. Di Leo,Henry A. Giroux,Sophia A McClennen,Kenneth J. Saltman

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Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism

Contemporary Dialogues

By: Jeffrey R. Di Leo,Henry A. Giroux,Sophia A McClennen,Kenneth J. Saltman

Neoliberalism, Education, Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues is a collaborative effort among four established public intellectuals who deeply care about the future of education in America and who are concerned about the dangerous effects of neoliberalism on American society and culture. It aims to provide a clear, concise, and thought-provoking account of the problems facing education in America under the dual shadows of neoliberalism and terrorism. Through collaborative and individual essays, the authors provide a provocative account that will be of interest to anyone who concerning with the opportunities and dangers facing the future of education at this critical moment in history.

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Routledge

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1317255593

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Ariel Dorfman

An Aesthetics of Hope

By: Sophia McClennen

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Ariel Dorfman

An Aesthetics of Hope

By: Sophia McClennen

Ariel Dorfman: An Aesthetics of Hope is a critical introduction to the life and work of the internationally renowned writer, activist, and intellectual Ariel Dorfman. It is the first book about the author in English and the first in any language to address the full range of his writing to date. Consistently challenging assumptions and refusing preconceived categories, Dorfman has published in every major literary genre (novel, short story, poetry, drama); adopted literary forms including the picaresque, epic, noir, and theater of the absurd; and produced a vast amount of cultural criticism. His works are read as part of the Latin American literary canon, as examples of human rights literature, as meditations on exile and displacement, and within the tradition of bilingual, cross-cultural, and ethnic writing. Yet, as Sophia A. McClennen shows, when Dorfman’s extensive writings are considered as an integrated whole, a cohesive aesthetic emerges, an “aesthetics of hope” that foregrounds the arts as vital to our understanding of the world and our struggles to change it. To illuminate Dorfman’s thematic concerns, McClennen chronicles the writer’s life, including his experiences working with Salvador Allende and his exile from Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and she provides a careful account of his literary and cultural influences. Tracing his literary career chronologically, McClennen interprets Dorfman’s less-known texts alongside his most well-known works, which include How to Read Donald Duck, the pioneering critique of Western ideology and media culture co-authored with Armand Mattelart, and the award-winning play Death and the Maiden. In addition, McClennen provides two valuable appendices: a chronology documenting important dates and events in Dorfman’s life, and a full bibliography of his work in English and in Spanish.

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Duke University Press

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0822391953

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9780822391951

Pranksters vs. Autocrats

Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism

By: Srdja Popovic,Sophia A. McClennen

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Pranksters vs. Autocrats

Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism

By: Srdja Popovic,Sophia A. McClennen

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The 2020 Brown Democracy Medal winner, Srdja Popovic, was a leader in the revolution that brought down the Milošević regime in Serbia and he continues to help protestors around the world learn effective, sometimes humorous, nonviolent tactics. In 2020, he teamed up with Sophia A. McClennen to study the concept of "dilemma actions," which offers a structured, strategic approach to fighting back against authoritarianism, as well as for defending democracy.

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Cornell University Press

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1501756079

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Trump Was a Joke

How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn’t

By: Sophia A Mcclennen

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How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn’t

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The Dialectics of Exile

Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures

By: Sophia A. McClennen

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Nation, Time, Language, and Space in Hispanic Literatures

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Purdue University Press

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Ariel Dorfman

An Aesthetics of Hope

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An Aesthetics of Hope

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Duke University Press

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Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Toward a New Critical Paradigm

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Toward a New Critical Paradigm

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Book's by Sophia A Mcclennen

Colbert's America

Colbert's America

Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Trump Was a Joke

Trump Was a Joke

The Dialectics of Exile

The Dialectics of Exile

Colbert's America

Colbert's America

Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism

Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism

Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman

Pranksters vs. Autocrats

Pranksters vs. Autocrats

Trump Was a Joke

Trump Was a Joke

The Dialectics of Exile

The Dialectics of Exile

Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman

Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Globalization and Latin American Cinema

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