The Cultural Set Up of Comedy

<p>How do various forms of comedy - including stand-up satire and film and television - transform contemporary invocations of nationalism and citizenship in youth cultures? And how are attitudes about gender race and sexuality transformed through comedic performances on social media? <em>The Cultural Set Up of Comedy</em> seeks to answer these questions by examining comedic performances by Chris Rock and Louis C.K. news parodies <em>The Daily Show</em> with Jon Stewart and <em>The Colbert Report</em> the role of satire in the Arab Spring and the groundbreaking performances by women in <em>Bridesmaids</em>. Breaking with the usual cultural studies debates over how to conceptualize youth the book instead focuses on the comedic cultural and political scripts that frame them.</p>