Taking South Park Seriously
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0791475662 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the process, South Park raises provocative and timely questions about politics, identity, and the media s influence in shaping American thinking. Topics covered include the pleasures of watching the show, South Park s relationship to other animated programs, and the program s representations of racial and ethnic minorities, the disabled, celebrities, children, religion, and education. However, the program also fearlessly wades into the morass of American political life as it tackles and satirizes all American sacred cows, including political correctness, the value of celebrities, ideas about childhood, and the role of religion in American life. Since it came on the air in 1997, Comedy Central s top-rated animated program, South Par
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University and the author of several books, including The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Spectral America: Phantoms and the National Imagination.
You know, I think I learned something today!" -- Robert ArpThis collection is sure to get South Park fans thinking a little deeper. You know, I think I learned something today! Robert Arp, editor of South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today This book is a serious and thoughtful effort at a scholarly analysis of South Park, and it makes an important contribution in beginning a scholarly dialogue on this influential and often controversial show. John Alberti, author of Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture" . The articles are both well written and readable. "This collection is sure to get South Park fans thinking a little deeper. The articles are both w