Abstract
The ironic life is one of reactive naval-gazing in which the ironist never has to commit to open and honest discourse, preferring always to shroud meaning and truth in verbal-linguistic obfuscation. Much like popular culture, irony is dependent on the notion of ‘discursive communities’ for its practices; that is, like popular culture, irony is comprehended by those who are cognisant of certain exclusive discourses, those who ‘enable irony to happen’. Irony in Contemporary Popular Culture provides an altogether comprehensive, rigorous, and encompassing exploration of the role of irony within contemporary popular culture at a particular historical juncture. The collection focuses on the many uses, abuses, and misunderstandings of irony in contemporary popular culture, and explores the troubling political populism at the heart of many supposedly satirical and non-satirical texts. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
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