The Big Book of Irony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Book of Irony write by Jon Winokur. This book was released on 2013-12-10. The Big Book of Irony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jon Winokur defines and classifies irony and contrasts it with coincidence and cynicism, and other oft-confused concepts that many think are ironic. He looks at the different forms irony can take, from an irony deficiency to visual irony to an understatement, using photographs and relate-able examples from pop culture. * "Irony in Action" looks at irony in language, both verbal and visual, while "Bastions of Irony" and "Masters of Irony" look at institutions and individuals steeped in irony, though not always intentionally. PLUS: * The Annals of Irony looks at irony, and its lack thereof, throughout history. A delight for anyone with a smart, dark sense of humor.
Pumping Irony
Pumping Irony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pumping Irony write by Tony Kornheiser. This book was released on 1995. Pumping Irony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of essays highlight typical American foibles, poking fun at such areas as the futility of the reduced fat diet, the differences in men's and women's behaviors, and gourmet coffee. 25,000 first printing.
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity write by Richard Rorty. This book was released on 1989-02-24. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this 1989 book Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies, rather than as expressions of underlying, ahistorical human nature or as realizations of suprahistorical goals. This ironic perspective on the human condition is valuable on a private level, although it cannot advance the social or political goals of liberalism. In fact Rorty believes that it is literature not philosophy that can do this, by promoting a genuine sense of human solidarity. A truly liberal culture, acutely aware of its own historical contingency, would fuse the private, individual freedom of the ironic, philosophical perspective with the public project of human solidarity as it is engendered through the insights and sensibilities of great writers. The book has a characteristically wide range of reference from philosophy through social theory to literary criticism. It confirms Rorty's status as a uniquely subtle theorist, whose writing will prove absorbing to academic and nonacademic readers alike.
The Antidote for Everything
The Antidote for Everything - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Antidote for Everything write by Kimmery Martin. This book was released on 2021-07-13. The Antidote for Everything available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this whip-smart and timely novel from acclaimed author Kimmery Martin, two doctors travel a surprising path when they must choose between treating their patients and keeping their jobs. Georgia Brown’s profession as a urologist requires her to interact with plenty of naked men, but her romantic prospects have fizzled. The most important person in her life is her friend Jonah Tsukada, a funny, empathetic family medicine doctor who works at the same hospital in Charleston, South Carolina and who has become as close as family to her. Just after Georgia leaves the country for a medical conference, Jonah shares startling news. The hospital is instructing doctors to stop providing medical care for transgender patients. Jonah, a gay man, is the first to be fired when he refuses to abandon his patients. Stunned by the predicament of her closest friend, Georgia’s natural instinct is to fight alongside him. But when her attempts to address the situation result in incalculable harm, both Georgia and Jonah find themselves facing the loss of much more than their careers.
ego trip's Big Book of Racism!
ego trip's Big Book of Racism! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ego trip's Big Book of Racism! write by Inc. Ego Trip. This book was released on 2002-10-15. ego trip's Big Book of Racism! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ferociously intelligent one moment, willfully smart-ass the next, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a glorious, hilarious conflation of the racial undercurrents that affect contemporary culture at every turn. This one-of-a-kind encounter with the absurdities, complexities, and nuances of race relations is brought to you by five writers of color whose groundbreaking independent magazine, ego trip, has been called "the world's rawest, stinkiest, funniest magazine" by Spin. Filled with enough testifying and truth to satisfy even the good Reverend Sharpton, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a riotous and revolutionary look at race and popular culture that's sure to spark controversy and ignite debate.
