Reshaping the Border Zone. An Approach to Satirical Space
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Sonja de Leeuw
Abstract
This chapter revisits the question of space in relation to the understanding of the power of satire; it focuses on so-called “mediascapes” containing the production and consumption of satirical representations. It is not so easy to identify the public discursive position of these satirical media spaces. As a matter of course these stand somewhere in the margin, while interfering with the mainstream. They seem to involve a certain ‘minority’ stand; they function somewhere in a ‘border zone’, not really inside, not really outside the dominant political discourse. I will suggest the notion of zone as an alternative concept, so as to enable the understanding of the complex dynamics that play around the construction of public discourses in and through satirical “mediascapes”.
Abstract
This chapter revisits the question of space in relation to the understanding of the power of satire; it focuses on so-called “mediascapes” containing the production and consumption of satirical representations. It is not so easy to identify the public discursive position of these satirical media spaces. As a matter of course these stand somewhere in the margin, while interfering with the mainstream. They seem to involve a certain ‘minority’ stand; they function somewhere in a ‘border zone’, not really inside, not really outside the dominant political discourse. I will suggest the notion of zone as an alternative concept, so as to enable the understanding of the complex dynamics that play around the construction of public discourses in and through satirical “mediascapes”.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- About the contributors ix
- Introduction 1
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Mapping the Field
- Satire and dignity 19
- The Authenticity of Play 33
- Cultural Flow 47
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Space
- Reshaping the Border Zone. An Approach to Satirical Space 61
- Mediating satire 71
- Arab Sitcom Animations as Platforms for Satire 81
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Target
- Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire 95
- How to Burlesque a Burlesquer 105
- Who is the ape, who the human? Reize door het Aapenland (1788) and Die Affenkönige oder die Reformation des Affenlandes (1789) considered 135
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Rhetoric
- Looking backward. The rhetoric of the back in visual satire 147
- "A bull is a ludicrous jest": fable and the satiric bite in Arbuthnot's John Bull pamphlets 175
- Bas Jan Ader's Ludic Conceptualism 185
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Media
- Absolutely Fabulous 197
- TV Satire and its Targets 207
- Enlightenment Subverted 217
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Time
- On the power of Money and the King of Spain's son-in- law 235
- Who are the Frogs? The Transmigration of a Symbol of Nationality 247
- Hydropathe Caricature 259
- Conclusions 269
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- About the contributors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Mapping the Field
- Satire and dignity 19
- The Authenticity of Play 33
- Cultural Flow 47
-
Space
- Reshaping the Border Zone. An Approach to Satirical Space 61
- Mediating satire 71
- Arab Sitcom Animations as Platforms for Satire 81
-
Target
- Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire 95
- How to Burlesque a Burlesquer 105
- Who is the ape, who the human? Reize door het Aapenland (1788) and Die Affenkönige oder die Reformation des Affenlandes (1789) considered 135
-
Rhetoric
- Looking backward. The rhetoric of the back in visual satire 147
- "A bull is a ludicrous jest": fable and the satiric bite in Arbuthnot's John Bull pamphlets 175
- Bas Jan Ader's Ludic Conceptualism 185
-
Media
- Absolutely Fabulous 197
- TV Satire and its Targets 207
- Enlightenment Subverted 217
-
Time
- On the power of Money and the King of Spain's son-in- law 235
- Who are the Frogs? The Transmigration of a Symbol of Nationality 247
- Hydropathe Caricature 259
- Conclusions 269
- Index 275
