Index
Dieter Declercq
(University of Kent, UK)
Satire, Comedy and Mental Health: Coping with the Limits of Critique
ISBN: 978-1-83909-667-9, eISBN: 978-1-83909-666-2
Publication date: 13 January 2021
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Declercq, D. (2021), "Index", Satire, Comedy and Mental Health: Coping with the Limits of Critique, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-666-220211007
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Copyright © 2021 Dieter Declercq
INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.
Aaron Mcgruder
The Boondocks
, 4, 102–103
Absurdity
, 55
Albert Camus
, 54–55
Sisyphus
, 55
of socio-political world
, 96
Aesthetic experience
, 64–67
entertainment
, 66
games
, 65
interest
, 65
motivation
, 65
negative emotions
, 67
pleasure
, 67
solemnity vs. entertainment
, 37
Alcoholism
, 26
Altruism
, 52
Ambiguity
, 21–24
Analogy
, 99–100
Anger
, 2
Angry Birds (game)
, 69
‘Anti-entertainment’
, 70
Archilochus
, 32
Art films
, 70
‘Attenborough effect’
, 37
Austin Powers
, 11
‘Avoidance’
, 62–63
Bassem Youssef
, 38, 43, 91
BlacKkKlansman (Lee)
, 14–15
Blaise Pascal
, 76
Blindboy Undestroys The World
, 100–101
‘Brexit anxiety’
, 53
Broad City (comedy series)
, 11, 86
Candy Crush (game)
, 75–76, 105
Capitalism
, 29, 106
Capitalism Must Die!
, 21
Care for others vs. care of self
, 2, 8, 41, 51, 61, 78, 98, 104, 106, 108
Cartoons
, 3–4, 32, 55–56, 88–91, 93, 97
Catharsis
, 41
See also Safety valve model
limits of
, 57–59
Christine-Jane Wilson (Kris)
, 88–89
‘Chronic stress’
, 61
Cinema. See also Entertainment
art cinema
, 70
extreme (art) cinema
, 70
Hollywood cinema
, 68, 96
Cognitive dimension of humour
, 86
Cognitive shift
, 89
Comedy
, 12
See also Entertainment
comic distance
, 88
faux news websites/news parody
, 17
and mental health
, 107
shock comedy
, 15–16
sitcoms
, 86, 88, 95–96
spy parody
, 11
stand-up comedy
, 12
topical comedy
, 17
‘Comic amusement’
, 85
Comic analogy
, 99
Comic distance’
, 88
Comic irony
, 85, 99
and satire
, 90–95
Communicative irony
, 91–92
Consciousness
, 47
Coping
, 61–64
distancing vs. escapism
, 63
emotion-focused coping
, 61, 63
meaning-focused coping
, 64
positive emotions
, 63
problem-focused coping
, 61
Revised Transactional Model of Coping
, 5
troubled person-environment relationship
, 63–64
‘Cosmic passivity’
, 14
Covid-19 crisis
, 74–75, 96
Crassness
, 26
Critique
, 13–17, 21
critical art vs. satire
, 20
limits of critique
, 43–49
and philosophy
, 14
and political action
, 21
Cynicism
, 47
See also Nihilism
vs. kynicism
, 14
Dan Perkins (aka Tom Tomorrow)
, 4, 17, 49, 57, 107
David Hume
, 75
‘Dehumanization’
, 36
‘Deification’
, 27
Democratic activism
, 29
Depression
, 2, 41, 55
Dick Gregory
, 21
Digital technologies
, 95
‘DIY’ comedy of meme culture
, 95
Donald Trump
pro-trump memes
, 36
as target of satire
, 32–37
Trump Piñatas
, 4, 33
Tump Baby Blimp
, 4
Dramatic irony
, 98, 102
Eco-anxiety
, 2
El Haked. See Mouad Belghouat
Emotion-focussed coping strategies
, 61, 63, 87, 99
Emotional catharsis
, 2
Emotional dimension of entertainment
, 18
Entertainment
, 17–21, 67–74, 106
See also Cinema; Comedy; Humour
(for) fun
, 18
as aesthetic experience
, 64
vs. art
, 66
and context
, 64
as coping
, 64
as leisure
, 74
media
, 67–68
vs. protest
, 78
vs. seriousness
, 74
social dimension
, 18
as solace
, 61–82
vs. substance abuse
, 63
‘Escape’
, 62–63
‘Extreme cinema’
, 70
Flow
, 69
Friedrich Nietzsche
, 50, 53, 64, 66, 105
Friends
, 86
Frustration
, 2
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
, 57
‘Fullness’
, 9
Functional dimension of diversion
, 18
Games
addiction
, 63, 76
and aesthetic experience
, 65
Candy Crush
, 75–76, 105
Genre
, 61
Handmaid’s Tale, The (entertaining novel)
, 19, 43–44, 48, 98
Health, humour and
, 85–87
Hedonic theory of media appreciation
vs. eudaimonic model of media appreciation
, 68–69
Heroic therapy
, 25–28, 41
Heroism
, 29
Hija
, 10
Horace
, 9, 25, 77
Humour. See also Entertainment
and amorality
, 94–95
amusement
, 85, 87–88, 92
cognitive reappraisal
, 87
cognitive shift
, 87–90
conversational humour vs. performance comedy
, 95
as coping
, 90
and health
, 85–87
humour styles questionnaire (HSQ)
, 85
incongruity theory
, 87
puns
, 87–88
relief theory
, 58
ridicule
, 99
self-defeating humour
, 85–86, 90
self-deprecative humour
, 90–91, 93
superiority theory
, 90
as symbolic empowerment
, 91
theory
, 58
Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ)
, 85, 90
Incongruity theory
, 87
Insoluble suffering
, 53, 66, 85, 95, 102, 106
Interest
, 69
Irony
communicative irony
, 91–92
as cynicism
, 46, 103
as distinct from humour
, 64, 92
dramatic irony
, 98, 102
ironic characters
, 8
situational irony
, 93–94
wry irony
, 44
Jan Böhmermann’s “Schmähkritik”
, 22–24
Jen Sorensen
, 4, 17, 55, 91
Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner”
, 4, 19, 81–82, 92
John Oliver
John Oliver Effect
, 34
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
, 20
Jon Stewart
, 4, 27, 38, 42, 57, 79
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal
, 4, 78, 92
Gulliver’s Travels
, 48
Journalism
, 37–39
Attenborough effect
, 37
documentary
, 71
and entertainment
, 38
Juvenal
, 9, 16, 25, 57, 94–95
Kynicism
, 14
LeAnne Howe
, 90
Lenny Bruce
, 27
Lucilius’s model
, 9
Madhouse Effect, The
, 42–43
Magic representations
, 7–8, 25, 32, 34–35, 37–38
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
, 4, 43, 92
Matt Bors
, 4, 56
Meaning-focussed coping strategy
, 64, 99
Medical metaphors
, 31
Meme culture
, 86, 95–96
Memes. See also Entertainment
as coping
, 86
magic
, 36
as media appropriation
, 36
NPC meme
, 36
Pooh/Xi Jinping meme
, 10
Mental health
, 74–77
conditions
, 2
Mental ill health
, 42, 49–54
anxiety
, 57, 76, 85, 88–89
depression
, 2, 8, 41, 55
existential disruption
, 75, 96
neurotic perfectionism
, 8, 41, 105
overdependency
, 76
philosophical melancholy
, 75–76
stress
, 28, 67, 74, 76
Minimum Security
, 20
Mood
, 8, 55, 61, 67, 74, 77, 85–86, 95
Mood Management Theory (MMT)
, 5, 67, 95
Mouad Belghouat
, 38
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
, 93
Narratives
counterstories
, 97–98
illness narratives
, 96
literary devices as coping
, 98
and moral deliberation
narrative interpretation
, 3–5
narrative thinking
, 95–98
satire as narrative
, 3–4
as sense-making
, 98
National Health Service (NHS)
, 74–75
Negative emotions
, 2
‘Net neutrality’
, 34
Neurotic perfectionism
, 41, 51, 105
Nigel Farage
, 10, 33
Nihilism
, 47
Non-Playable Character (NPC)
, 36
‘Orientational’
, 104
Person–environment relationship
, 87–90
Philosophical melancholy
, 75–76
Political action
, 2–3, 6–8, 13, 21, 25, 28, 30, 32, 34–38, 43, 48–49, 53–54, 57–58, 61–63, 105–106
Political apathy
, 2, 30, 37, 43, 61, 63, 106
Political depression
, 2, 53
‘Political sanity medicine’
, 42
Positive emotions
, 85
Postmodern satire
, 48
Problem-focussed coping strategies
, 61
Psychological wellbeing
, 86
Quality tv
, 69
Quatsch programme
, 23
Reflexive engagement
, 98
Research methodology
artefacts and affordances
, 3, 6, 69, 96
empirical research
, 6–7, 107
Reversal
, 8, 99–100, 107
Revised Transactional Model of Coping
, 5
Rick And Morty
, 69, 106
Safety valve model
, 57
Satire
, 77–82, 85, 105
ambiguity
, 21–24
as amoral
, 1, 13, 18
in Arab world
, 43
vs. art cinema
, 70
as artefact
, 4–5
and authoritarian regimes
, 80, 91
in China
, 10
comic irony and
, 90–95
and complementary coping strategies
, 76
as counterstory
, 97–98
critique
, 13–17
as cynicism
, 1, 46, 77, 103
as deadly
, 1, 27, 32
definition
, 1–3, 9
and democracy
, 27–28
as distinct from comedy
, 18
early modern satire
, 26
emotional impact
, 32, 34, 36, 48, 57
entertainment
, 17–21
fascist satire
, 80
genre
, 10–13
heroic therapy
, 25–28
as heroic therapy
, 25–28
as immoral
, 1, 13, 70, 81–82
journalism
, 37–39
as kynicism
, 14
limits of catharsis
, 57–59
limits of critique
, 43–49
as magic
, 30–32
and mental health
, 74–77
method
, 3–7
and morality
, 94–95
in orature
, 10, 12
origins
, 9–10, 22
and philosophy
, 3, 5, 14
political affordances
, 25, 32, 35–36, 105
political impact
, 28–30
and political impact
, 28–30
postmodern satire
, 48
Roman satire
, 1, 9–10, 25, 27
satire vs. journalism
, 27, 37–39
scepticism about
, 95
Sisyphus labour
, 54–57
as therapy
, 25
therapy reconsidering
, 41–43
and Trump
, 32–37
and truth
, 14, 26, 49–54
truth and mental illness
, 49–54
variety
, 9–10
Satirical coping strategies
, 98–104
Saturae
, 9
Scepticism
, 95
Self-deprecation
, 91, 93
Seth MacFarlane
, 15, 23–24
Sisyphus labour
, 54–57
Situational irony
, 93–94
Social ‘malice’
, 26
Solace of entertainment
aesthetic experience
, 64–67
coping
, 61–64
entertainment
, 67–74
mental health
, 74–77
Satire
, 77–82
South Park “The Hobbit”
, 4, 15, 44–49, 62, 91, 93, 99
Sports
vs. art
, 64
as entertainment
, 65–66, 105
and existential meaning
, 55
as magic
, 31
professional
, 31
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove
, 4, 93–94, 98, 101–102
Stephanie Mcmillan
, 20–21
Stephen Colbert
, 4, 27, 33, 38, 41, 63
Stewart Lee
, 4, 73, 81
‘Story-making’
, 96
Strategic Air Command (SAD)
, 94
Symbolic empowerment
, 91
Ted Rall
, 4, 56
The Good Place
Chidi Anagonye as ironic character
, 52, 102
The Wire
, 69–70, 78
Theory of narrative interpretation
, 4
‘Therapy’
, 41
Three Identical strangers
, 71
Transactional model
, 61
Truth
, 49–54
Tuck Buckford (Stephen Colbert character)
, 33
Years and Years
, 80–81