Comedy and the Politics of (Global) Resistance

Abstract

This Introduction situates the approach of the book within existing debates on comedy and politics. Section 1 addresses two broad and popular frameworks, which are labeled ‘Instrumental’ and ‘Critical’. They each provide good reasons to be sceptical of the role of comedy in politics by questioning the actual impact it can have. Section 2 outlines the approach of this book, to think about comedy as an everyday practice of global resistance.