{"product_id":"outsider-art-and-humour-hardback","title":"Outsider, Art and Humour - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis cross-disciplinary book, situated on the periphery of culture, employs humour to better comprehend the arts, the outsider and exclusion, illuminating the ever-changing social landscape, the vagaries of taste and limits of political correctness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter deals with specific themes and approaches – from the construct of outsider and complexity of humour, to Outsider Art and spaces – using various theoretical and analytical methods. Paul Clements draws on humour, especially from visual arts and culture (and to a lesser extent literature, film, music and performance), as a tool of ridicule, amongst other discourses, employed by the powerful but also as a weapon to satirize them. These ambiguous representations vary depending on context, often assimilated then reinterpreted in a game of authenticity that is poignant in a world of facsimile and 'fake news'. The humour styles of a range of artists are highlighted to reveal the fluidity and diversity of meaning which challenges expectations and at its best offers resistance and, crucially, a voice for the marginal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of particular interest to scholars in art history, cultural studies, fine art, humour studies and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600186990830,"sku":"9780367468224","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367468224.jpg?v=1721465292","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/outsider-art-and-humour-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}