A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Peacock, Andrew McConnell Stott, Eric Weitz.
• Editors: Peacock, Louise; Stott, Andrew McConnell; Weitz, Eric
• Contents: List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsSeries Preface Introduction, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK)1. Form, Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK)2. Theory, Peter Buse (University of Liverpool, UK)3. Praxis: 'If You Laugh at Something, Then I'll Potentially Keep It': The Praxis of Live Comedy, Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK)4. Identity: Laughs Last-Gender, Power, and Comic Identity, Joanne Gilbert (Alma College, USA)5. The Body, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK)6. Politics and Power, Chris Vognar (Independent scholar, USA)7. Laughter, Eric Weitz (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)8. Ethics, Michael Pickering (Loughborough University, UK)Notes ReferencesIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Performing arts: comedy; Reference works; Social & cultural history; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; History -- Reference; Literary Criticism -- Humor; Performing Arts -- Comedy; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350187856; 1350187852
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