1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000022494

Autore

Svasek, Maruska

Titolo

Anthropology, art and cultural production / Maruska Svasek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Pluto press, c2007

ISBN

0-7453-1794-4

Descrizione fisica

VII, 264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Collana

Anthropology, culture and society

Disciplina

701.03

Soggetti

Arte e antropologia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00191717

Autore

GIFFORD, Douglas

Titolo

James Hogg / Douglas Gifford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : The Ramsay Head Press, 1976

Descrizione fisica

239 p. ; 19 cm.

Disciplina

821.7

Soggetti

HOGG JAMES

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910767541103321

Autore

Quirk Sophie

Titolo

The Politics of British Stand-up Comedy : The New Alternative / / by Sophie Quirk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

9783030011055

3030011054

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 131 p. 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Comedy, , 2731-4340

Disciplina

792.23

792.760941

Soggetti

Comedy

Popular culture

Motion picture acting

Comedy Studies

Popular Culture

Screen Performance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. "Where Are All the Right-Wing Comedians?" -- 3. Political Challenges of the Millennial Era -- 4. Experimentation: Class, Controversy and an Artistic Lifeline -- 5. Conclusion: Widening the Theoretical Basis for Assessing Stand-Up Politics.

Sommario/riassunto

This Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and influence each other. The Alternative Comedy Movement of the late 1970s and 1980s can be described as a time of unruly experimentation and left-wing radicalism. This book examines how alternative comedians continue to celebrate these characteristics in the twenty-first century, while also moving into a distinct phase of artistic development as the political context of the 1970s and 1980s loses its immediacy. Sophie Quirk draws on original interviews with comedians including Tom Allen, Josie Long, John-Luke Roberts and Tony Law to chart how alternative comedians are shaped by, and in turn respond to,



contemporary political challenges from neoliberalism to Brexit, class controversy to commercialism. She argues that many of our assumptions about comedy's politics must be challenged and updated. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understandthe working methods and values of today's alternative comedians.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910508304503321

Autore

Paul Heike <p>Heike Paul, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

The Myths That Made America : An Introduction to American Studies / Heike Paul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

ISBN

9783839414859

3839414857

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

American Culture Studies

Disciplina

973.0

Soggetti

America

Culture

Myth

Literature

History

American Studies

Cultural Studies

American History

Introduction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Christopher Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery' -- Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love -- Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land -- American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers -- E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot -- Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West -- Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man.



Sommario/riassunto

This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of »discovery,« the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Founding Fathers, the melting pot myth, the myth of the West, and the myth of the self-made man.The chapters provide extended analyses of each of these myths, using examples from popular culture, literature, memorial culture, school books, and every-day life. Including visual material as well as study questions, this book will be of interest to any student of American studies and will foster an understanding of the United States of America as an imagined community by analyzing the foundational role of myths in the process of nation building.

»[Die Analyse ermöglicht] in ihrer Gesamtheit faszinierende Impressionen von Mentalitäten und Idealen, Vorurteilen und Abgrenzungen der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft des 19. und 20.Jahrhunderts.«

Besprochen in:Archiv für Sozialgeschichte, 23.07.2015, Horst Dippelhttps://lights-camera-history.com, 12,12,2020, Paige Lurie

"In its entirety, [the analysis offers] fascinating impressions of mentalities and ideals, prejudices and practices of cultural distinction present in the US-American society of the 19th and 20th century."