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Under the Guise of Humour and Critique: The Political Co-Option of Popular Contemporary Satire

  • Higgie R
Springer International Publishing, (2017), 73-102
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56774-7_3
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Abstract

This chapter explores political co-option in contemporary satire, a process whereby politicians successfully co-opt satire for their own purposes in a way that neutralises the possibility for satirical critique. Popular satire is celebrated as a form of critique that...

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Higgie, R. (2017). Under the Guise of Humour and Critique: The Political Co-Option of Popular Contemporary Satire. In Satire and Politics (pp. 73–102). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56774-7_3

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