Comedy and critique: stand-up comedy and the professional ethos of laughter
Auteur :
Smith, Daniel R.
Éditeur :
Policy Press
ISBN :
9781447339809
Date de publication :
1 juin 2018
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,9 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the late twentieth century, seeing it as an extension of the politics of the New Left: standing up for oneself as anti-racist, feminist and open to a queering of self and social institutions.