Amy Schumer and Philosophy: Brainwreck!

ISBN-13: 9780812699906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Elsby, Charlene

Opis

This book contains philosophically revealing essays on the rising comic genius, Amy Schumer, also known as the "comedy queen."

Spis treści

Introduction: Dear Amy

Misbehaving

1. Multiple Murderer Emily Middleton
Charlene Elsby

2. Is the Unruly Woman a Platonic Hero or Foe?
Cecilia Li

3. Putting the "fun" back in "non-refundable"
Rob Luzecky

Persona Non Grata

4. Self-Confidence and Self-Deprecation
Camille Atkinson

5. "Brave"
Daniel Malloy

6. Schumer's Selfishness
Rob Arp

7. To Be or Not to Be Perfect?
Karin Flieswasser

Schumer the Philosopher

8. The Funny Thing about Being Yourself
Gregor Balke

9. No Wisdom to Offer You
Jered Janes

10. Amy Schumer or The Incongruities
Noël Carroll

11. Sexistentialism
Gerald Browning

12. Girls Just Want to Have (Mediated) Fun
Fernando Pagnoni Burns

Women Are Funny

13. The Laughter and the Fury
Leigh Kolb

14. Five Stereotypes that Sustain Grape Zones
Michelle Ciurria

15. Are There Certain Things We Should Not Talk About?
Verena Ehrnberger

16. Raucous Feminist, Racially Insensitive or Both?
Jennifer Ware

17. Switching It Up
Gerald Browning

Author Bios
References
Index

O autorze

Charlene Elsby is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana. She is co-author of Clear and Present Thinking (Northwest Passage Books, 2013) and co-editor of Essays on Aesthetic Genesis (University Press of America, 2016). She is the Book Review Managing Editor for Symposium: Journal for the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Rob Luzecky is Lecturer in Philosophy at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana. His areas of special interest are metaphysics and aesthetics. He has co-authored many chapters for volumes in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series, including The X-Files and Philosophy, Mr. Robot and Philosophy, The Americans and Philosophy, and American Horror Story and Philosophy.