Satiric TV in the Americas - Critical Metatainment As Negotiated Dissent

Satiric TV in the Americas is the first book to focus on Latin American TV satire in order to understand their critical role in challenging the status quo, traditional journalism, and the prevalent local media culture. It introduces the notion of "critical metatainment" as negotiated dissent, a key concept for the study of postmodern satire.

List of contents

• Chapter 1


• Introduction: TV Satire and Critical Metatainment in the Americas


• Chapter 2


• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Stewart/Colbert Impact on U.S. Political Communication in the Post-Networt Era


• Chapter 3


• Jaime Bayly's El Francotirador: Peruvian Satiric Infotainment After Fujimori's Media Dictatorship


• Chapter 4


• Brozo's El Mañanero: Televisa's Grotesque Clown as Transgressive Journalism in Mexico


• Chapter 5


• Peter Capusotto y sus videos: Satire, Identity, and Spectacle During Kirchner's Argentina


• Chapter 6


• Latin American Digital Satire: Critical Humor as Glocal Entertainment in Times of the Internet


• Chapter 7


• Conclusions: TV Satire as Critical Metatainment and Negotiated Dissent

About the author

Paul Alonso, a Peruvian journalist and author, is Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His academic research focuses on the convergence of journalism, entertainment, satire, politics and popular culture in the Americas.

Summary

Satiric TV in the Americas is the first book to focus on Latin American TV satire in order to understand their critical role in challenging the status quo, traditional journalism, and the prevalent local media culture. It introduces the notion of "critical metatainment" as negotiated dissent, a key concept for the study of postmodern satire.

Additional text

Paul Alonso adeptly surveys satiric television across Latin America, paying particular attention to the genre's ability to mediate between local contexts and global forms. This smart and comprehensive volume fills what had been a gaping hole in satire scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Alonso, Paul (Associate Professor Alonso
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780197537497
• ISBN: 978-0-19-753749-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Latin America, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, Caribbean islands, Communication Studies, Social and cultural history, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General