Rhetoric, humor, and the public sphere from Socrates to Stephen Colbert / Elizabeth Benacka.

Author/creator Benacka, Elizabeth
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
Description1 online resource.
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Contents Wisdom from the ancients : the rhetorical history of humor -- Damn Yankees : the history and practice of humor in the United States -- Correspondents and Colbert : address at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner -- Congress and Colbert : testimony on "protecting our nation's harvest" in 2010 before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security -- Citizens United and Colbert : the satirical super PAC, "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" -- Citizen Colbert : humor as rhetorical education in the public sphere.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Benacka, Elizabeth, author. Rhetoric, humor, and the public sphere Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498519861
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LCCN 2016048152
ISBN9781498519878 (Electronic)

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