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Title

Deconstructing South Park : critical examinations of animated transgression / edited by Brian Cogan.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

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Additional Authors

Cogan, Brian, 1967-

Description

xix, 236 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Critical studies in television

Uniform Title

Critical studies in television.

Subject

• South Park (Television program)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and index.

Contents

Deconstructing South Park? South Park is deconstruction! Plus, as a bonus, why this book is a bad idea. or as Cartman might ask, Aimez-vous sucer mes couilles, Monsieur Derrida? / Brian Cogan -- From whence came Cartman: South Park's satiric lineage / Jonathan Gray -- "The brown noise": a roundtable discussion on satire and South Park, chaired by Eric Cartman: with introductory remarks by keynote speaker Professor SH Chaos, Pandemonium University (suburban campus), Toxic Shock, California / Stephanie Hammer -- "I'm not special?" Timmy, Jimmy, and the double-move of disability comedy in South Park / Michael M. Chemers and Hioni Karamanos -- "But I'm not in the closet!" Or, "Oh my God it's George Clooney as the voice of the dog!" South Park, celebrity, and thank God fair use laws are not as tough as they are in England! / Brian Cogan -- Is nothing sacred? Religious parody in South Park / Martha Daas -- The devil went up to Colorado: "Satan comedy" in South Park / Lori Wilson Snaith -- The South Park apocalypse: smaller, shorter, and undercut / James Hewitson -- "The most foul of the foul words": South Park and metadiscourse / John-Paul Stephenson -- "I made you eat your parents!": South Park and literary history / Louise Noble -- Respecting 'authoritah': Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and authorship in South Park and beyond / Nick Marx -- The feminine mistook: carnival, feminist humor, and South Park / MJ Robinson -- Tweaking art, the art of tweek: aesthetic desecration and the politics of possession in South Park / David Scott Diffrient.

Call Number

MWGT 13-2320

ISBN

• 9780739167458 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739167456 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780739167465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0739167464 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011036024

OCLC

746837589

Title

Deconstructing South Park : critical examinations of animated transgression / edited by Brian Cogan.

Imprint

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Series

Critical studies in television

Critical studies in television.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and index.

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Added Author

Cogan, Brian, 1967-

Research Call Number

MWGT 13-2320