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Spanjers, Rik: The Killing Joke. The Joker’s Laughter and Resistance.(Master’s Thesis), University of Amsterdam 2010 (55 S.). Added by: joachim (14 Mar 2015 18:38:11 UTC) Last edited by: Deleted user (14 Mar 2015 18:46:51 UTC) |
Resource type: Thesis/Dissertation Languages: englisch BibTeX citation key: Spanjers2010 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details ![]() |
Categories: General Keywords: "Batman", "The Killing Joke", Bolland. Brian, Großbritannien, Moore. Alan, Superheld, USA Creators: Spanjers Publisher: University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam) |
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Abstract |
In this, my research master thesis, I looked at laughter as a form of resistance in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s The Killing Joke, Tim Burton’s Batman and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. The aim is to analyze if the Joker’s most famous characteristic, this continuous laughter, can be seen as a form of resistance in itself. Following two laughing theorists, Nietzsche and Foucault, this work analyzes the laughter and the madness of the Joker in three of its most famous incarnations.
Table of Contents Introduction (1) Chapter I: The Killing Joke (10) Chapter II: Mechanical Laughter (25) Chapter III: (S)Laughter is the best Medicine (38) Chapter IV: Concluding Remarks (51) Work’s Cited (53) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |