No Billionaire Left Behind Satirical Activism in America

Name: No Billionaire Left Behind Satirical Activism in America
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ISBN: 9780804781534

ISBN-10: 0804781532

ISBN-13: 9780804781534

Edition: 2013

Authors: Angelique Haugerud

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Growing economic inequality, corporate influence in politics, an eroding middle class. Many Americans leave it to politicians and the media to debate these topics in the public sphere. Yet other seemingly ordinary Americans have decided to enter the conversation of wealth in America by donning ball gowns, tiaras, tuxedos, and top hats and taking on the imagined roles of wealthy, powerful, and completely fictional characters. Why? InNo Billionaire Left Behind, Angelique Haugerud, who embedded herself within the "Billionaires" and was granted the name "Ivana Itall," explores the inner workings of these faux billionaires and mines the depths of democracy's relationship to political humor,…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 4/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Figures


Introduction: The Comedy of Wealth?



Irony, Humor, Spectacle



"Times Are Good!" A New Gilded Age



Pre-Billionaires: Experiments in Satirical Activism, 1990s



Branded: Billionaires for Bush (and More)



Humor's Workshop, Humor's Witnesses



Media Players



After Satire?


Acknowledgments


Appendix: Research Methods


Notes


Works Cited


Index