[Commlist] New book: The Rhetoric of Brexit Humour. Comedy, Populism and the EU Referendum

New book, /The Rhetoric of/ /Brexit Humour. Comedy, Populism and the EU 
Referendum

Since 2016 there has been an outpouring of humour, comedy and satire on 
the United Kingdom’s EU Referendum and decision to leave the EU, or 
Brexit. This book examines the relationship between Brexit and its 
comedy, exploring how Brexit and comedy are connected in both Leave and 
Remain discourse.

It argues that both populism and comedy are rhetorical in nature and so 
are linked through their semantic structure and communicative potential. 
Considering the incongruities that Brexit presents for British society, 
the author analyses the populism that has emerged from those 
incongruities in the form of ironic, ambiguous and dichotomous 
discourse. Through the analysis of a range of comedy on the EU 
Referendum and Brexit, including material from stand-up and situation 
comedy, and political satire of various types, /The Rhetoric of Brexit 
Humour/ examines the way in which comedy acts as a rhetoric that draws 
on, supports and attacks the discourses of Brexit. This provides not 
just an advance in our understanding of political satire but also a 
clearer description of the nature of populism.

Here’s a link:

_https://www.routledge.com/The-Rhetoric-of-Brexit-Humour-Comedy-Populism-and-the-EU-Referendum/Weaver/p/book/9780367350987 

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