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The last laugh : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age
- Title
- The last laugh : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / Trevor J. Blank.
- Author
- Blank, Trevor J.
- Publication
- Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2013.
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Details
- Description
- xxix, 156 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Folklore studies in a multicultural world
- Uniform Title
- Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-151) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : cyberspace, technology, and mass media in the twenty-first century -- Searching for connections : how and why we use new media for vernacular expression -- Changing technologies, changing tastes : the evolution of humor and mass-mediated disasters in the late twentieth century -- From 9/11 to the death of bin Laden : vernacular expression and the emergence of web 2.0 -- "Intimate strangers" : the folk response to celebrity death and falls from grace -- From sports hero to supervillain : or, how Tiger Woods wrecked his car(eer) -- Dethroning the king of pop : Michael Jackson and the humor of death -- Laughing to death : tradition, vernacular expression, and American culture in the digital age -- Afterword : predictions on future trajectories of vernacular expression and new media.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-6906
- ISBN
- 9780299292041 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0299292045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780299292034 (e-book)
- 0299292037 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2012032669
- OCLC
- 809454959
- Author
- Blank, Trevor J.
- Title
- The last laugh : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / Trevor J. Blank.
- Imprint
- Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2013.
- Series
- Folklore studies in a multicultural worldFolklore studies in a multicultural world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-151) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-6906