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Analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film.

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1. American Film Comedy and Cultural Critique: Glitches in the Smooth Running of the Social Machine; 2. The Feeding Machine and Feeding the Machine: Silence, Sound and the Technologies of Cinema; 3. The Constitution of the Real: Documentary, Mockumentary and the Status of the Image; 4. Parody: Targeting Cinema's Narrative Technics; 5. The Unspeakable and Political Satire: Performance, Perception and Technology; 6. Conclusion: Between the Machine and the Event: Film Comedy.

Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 30/11/2014
      ISBN13: 9780748698042, 978-0748698042
      ISBN10: 0748698043
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film.

      Table of Contents
      1. American Film Comedy and Cultural Critique: Glitches in the Smooth Running of the Social Machine; 2. The Feeding Machine and Feeding the Machine: Silence, Sound and the Technologies of Cinema; 3. The Constitution of the Real: Documentary, Mockumentary and the Status of the Image; 4. Parody: Targeting Cinema's Narrative Technics; 5. The Unspeakable and Political Satire: Performance, Perception and Technology; 6. Conclusion: Between the Machine and the Event: Film Comedy.

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