Trump Was a Joke - How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didnt

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Forward by Michael Moore
Chapter 1. This Can't Be Good, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satire
Chapter 2. Trump Was a Joke, But It Wasn't Funny
Chapter 3. It's Hard to Make a Joke Out of a Joke
Chapter 4. The First Media-Created President
Chapter 5. "Let's Make Donald Drumpf Again"
Chapter 6. The Joke's on You: The Power of Satire
Chapter 7. The Last Laugh: Satire's Secret Weapon
Works Cited
Index

About the author

Sophia A. McClennen is Director of the Center for Global Studies and Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sophia A Mcclennen
• Assisted by: Micheal Moore (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032278032
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227803-2
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, FICTION / Satire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership, PERFORMING ARTS / General, HISTORY / North America, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Comedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Comedy, Political leaders & leadership, Political campaigning & advertising, Performance Art, Political campaigning and advertising, Political leaders and leadership