Table of Contents

Introduction: An Unofficial Explanation and Brief History of South Park
LESLIE STRATYNER and JAMES R. KELLER      1

1. Kierkegaard, Contradiction, and South Park: The Jester’s View of Religion
LORI LIPOMA      15
2. Truthiness and Consequences: Chewbacca and the Defense of Political Perfection
RICHARD JOHNSTON and DAVID MCAVOY      28
3. “Yon Fart Doth Smell of Elderberries Sweet”: South Park and Shakespeare
ANNE GOSSAGE      42
4. Bloody Mayhem 7, Life Lessons 0: The Depiction of Youth Sports
KATHARINE KITTREDGE      63
5. Miss Information: Consumer Excess, Health Care and Historical Guilt in “Cherokee Hair Tampons”
JOLENE ARMSTRONG      78
6. Facts, Fatsos, and Fascism: South Park’s Interrogation of Anti-Tobacco Legislation
BRENNAN M. THOMAS      91
7. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Moderation and Tolerance of GLBT Communities
BRADLEY EVANS      98
8. A Carnival in the Rainforest: Familiarizing Environmental Rhetoric
DEIDRE PIKE      124
9. Canada and Saddam in South Park: Aboot Allah
DANIEL KEYES      139
10. “Yes I Am, Cartman!”: Kyle Broflovski’s Cool Judaism
KENNETH R. MOREFIELD      157
11. “Among School Children”: Lacan and the South Park Felt Board Lesson Set
JAMES R. KELLER      167

About the Contributors      193
Index      197