228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new edition of Andrew Stott’s Comedy builds on themes presented in the first edition such as focusing on the significance of comic 'events' through study of various theoretical methodologies, including deconstruction, psychoanalysis and gender theory, and provides case studies of a number of themes, ranging from the drag act to the simplicity of slipping on a banana skin. This new edition... Read more
Introduction 1: Comedy in the Academy 2: Comic Identity 3: The Body 4: Women in Comedy 5: Race and Ethnicity 6: Comedy, Queered 7: Politics and Satire 8. Laughter Conclusion Glossary Bibliography
Biography
Andrew Stott is Professor of English at the University of Buffalo, SUNY, USA.
