Horsing Around: Carnivalesque Humor and the Aesthetics of Dehierarchization in Mister Ed

This essay discusses the aesthetics of dehierachization in one of the pioneering sitcoms in American television—the CBS-produced Mister Ed (1961–1966). Drawing on the concepts of “the animal subaltern” (Willett), “bestial ambivalence” (Wells), and “liminal animal denizenship” (Donaldson and Kymlicka...

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Main Author: Stefan L. Brandt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2018-06-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12474
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