Irony's edge :
Introduction: The "Scene" of Irony -- 1. Risky Business: The "Transideological" Politics of Irony -- 2. The Cutting Edge -- 3. Modeling Meaning: The Semantics of Irony -- 4. Discursive Communities: How Irony "Happens" -- 5. Intention and Interpretation: Irony and the Ey...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
1995.
London ; New York : |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8c657025-52fa-4b52-b02b-c984dd18aca5 |
| Summary: | Introduction: The "Scene" of Irony -- 1. Risky Business: The "Transideological" Politics of Irony -- 2. The Cutting Edge -- 3. Modeling Meaning: The Semantics of Irony -- 4. Discursive Communities: How Irony "Happens" -- 5. Intention and Interpretation: Irony and the Eye of the Beholder -- 6. Frame-Ups and Their Marks: The Recognition Or Attribution of Irony -- 7. The End(s) of Irony: The Politics of Appropriateness.
Irony's Edge is a fascinating, compulsively readable study of the myriad forms and the effects of irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of references, mostly from contemporary culture.
Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum. And the stakes are high - many radical artists and cultural activists consider irony to be usefully subversive; others see it as more suspect. After all, irony can just as easily legitimate as undermine relations of power. |
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| Published: | 1995. |