Chapter 6 Television comedy and Islamophobia after 9/11

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Broadcast nationalism, national trauma, and television comedy 1
5. Chapter 1 The Kennedy assassination and the growth of sick humor on American television 27
6. Chapter 2 Censored comedies and comedies of censorship 47
7. Chapter 3 Emotional nonconformity in comedy 69
8. Chapter 4 Conspiracy theories and comedy 89
9. Chapter 5 African American comedies and the 1992 Los Angeles riots 109
10. Chapter 6 Television comedy and Islamophobia after 9/11 133
11. Chapter 7 Comedy and Trump as trauma in Narrowcast America 161
12. Conclusion 183
13. Afterword 191
14. Notes 196
15. Bibliography 219
16. Index 233