The dark side of stand-up comedy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | ix, 320p. ; ‡b ill. (b&w) |
Disciplina |
792.76
792.23 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
OppligerPatrice A
ShouseEric |
Soggetto topico |
Comedy
Popular Culture Theater Actors |
ISBN | 9783030372149 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910768188303321 |
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Funny as : the story of New Zealand comedy / / Paul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court |
Autore | Horan Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico | Stand-up comedy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-77671-044-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480148503321 |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] | ||
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Funny as : the story of New Zealand comedy / / Paul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court |
Autore | Horan Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - New Zealand
Stand-up comedy - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand New Zealand - Social life and customs |
ISBN | 1-77671-044-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bloody laughter: war and the birth of New Zealand comedy -- Comedy and writers: blokes bastards and outbreaks of beauty -- Lessons in comedy: universities and capping revues -- 'Bold and blue': female impersonators, cabaret and variety -- Comedians and politicians: 'stuff that doesn't really matter' -- Comedy and theatre: million-dollar ideas -- Directors on the edge: comedy on screen -- The start of it: TV comedy up to the 1980s -- John Clarke: the man from the audience -- Billy T. James: between two worlds -- The Topp Twins: only in New Zealand -- The Front Lawn: sons of the suburbs -- Live comedy in the 1980s and 1990s: looking for a place to stand (up) -- Breaking the rules: TV in the 1990s and beyond -- Naked in the house of spirits: Samoan comedy -- Live comedy in the twenty-first century: the new establishment -- Kin folk: Flight of the Conchords -- Taika Waititi: a Maori in space -- Rose and other names: a new comedy generation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793768003321 |
Horan Paul
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] | ||
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Funny as : the story of New Zealand comedy / / Paul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court |
Autore | Horan Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - New Zealand
Stand-up comedy - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand New Zealand - Social life and customs |
ISBN | 1-77671-044-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bloody laughter: war and the birth of New Zealand comedy -- Comedy and writers: blokes bastards and outbreaks of beauty -- Lessons in comedy: universities and capping revues -- 'Bold and blue': female impersonators, cabaret and variety -- Comedians and politicians: 'stuff that doesn't really matter' -- Comedy and theatre: million-dollar ideas -- Directors on the edge: comedy on screen -- The start of it: TV comedy up to the 1980s -- John Clarke: the man from the audience -- Billy T. James: between two worlds -- The Topp Twins: only in New Zealand -- The Front Lawn: sons of the suburbs -- Live comedy in the 1980s and 1990s: looking for a place to stand (up) -- Breaking the rules: TV in the 1990s and beyond -- Naked in the house of spirits: Samoan comedy -- Live comedy in the twenty-first century: the new establishment -- Kin folk: Flight of the Conchords -- Taika Waititi: a Maori in space -- Rose and other names: a new comedy generation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809683203321 |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] | ||
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Laughing legends : how the Comic Strip club changed the face of comedy / / Jeffrey Gurian |
Autore | Gurian Jeffrey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Skyhorse Publishing, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico | Stand-up comedy - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Richie Tienken -- Foreword By Jeffrey Gurian -- Introduction By Chris Rock -- Introduction to The Comic Strip -- Chapter One−The Older Kids -- Jerry Seinfeld -- Paul Reiser -- Larry Miller -- George Wallace -- Ray Romano -- Alan Colmes -- Paul Provenza -- Chris Rock -- Gilbert Gottfried -- Jackie Martling -- Susie Essman -- Tony D'Andrea -- Eddie Brill -- Rick Overton -- Wayne Federman -- D. F. Sweedler -- Joe Bolster -- Colin Quinn -- Lewis Black -- Billy Crystal -- Chapter Two−The Younger Kids -- Lisa Lampanelli -- Jim Breuer -- Pete Correale -- Adam Ferrara -- Sherrod Small -- Tony Rock -- Pete Dominick -- Jeffrey Ross -- Jim Gaffigan -- Judah Friedlander -- Chapter Three−Friends Of The Family -- Rory Rosegarten -- David Eberhart -- Rick Newman -- Chapter Four−The Next Generation -- Chapter Five−Legacy−What Next? The Future Of The Comic Strip -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Insert 1 -- Photo Insert 2. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158981403321 |
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New York : , : Skyhorse Publishing, , [2016] | ||
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Stand-up comedy in Africa / / Izuu Nwankwọ, editor ; with a foreword by Ebenezer Obadare |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico | Stand-up comedy |
ISBN | 3-8382-7608-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and its Dispersal across Africa -- Part I Resisting and Reinventing the Status Quo -- Chapter 1 Confronting Racism and Colonialism in Cécile Djunga's and Trevor Noah's Stand-up Comedy -- Chapter 2 South African Vernacular Stand-Up Comedy as Performative Resistance -- Chapter 3 The People's Joker: The Popularity of Mr Jokes' Stand-up Comedy in Malawi -- Chapter 4 Resisting Shame and the Male Gaze: Humour Evocations in the Acts of Noha Kato and Real Warri Pikin -- Chapter 5 Discourse and Humour Strategies in Two-Person Stand-up Art in Nigeria -- Part II Circumventing Censorship and Taboo -- Chapter 6 In the Shadow of the 1994 Genocide: Arthur Nkusi and Stand-up Comedy in Rwanda -- Chapter 7 The Afterlife of Ugandan Stand-up Comedy: Examining the Multiple Roles and Jocular Devices of Teacher Mpamire -- Chapter 8 Scripted and Non-Scripted Humour in Stand-up Comedy: Techniques of Egypt's Comedian Ali Quandil -- Chapter 9 Reinventing Taboo in Kenyan Stand-up Comedy -- Part III Mechanics of being a Comedian -- Chapter 10 Africa on the British Stage: Laughter-Making Mechanics of Andi Osho and Daliso Chaponda -- Chapter 11 There's No Such Thing as 'Too Soon' Here: Taking Stock of South Africa's Comedy Boom -- Chapter 12 The Many-Sides of Kenyan Stand-up Comedy: A Stylistic Interrogation of the Acts of Jemutai, Professor Hamo and Oga Obinna -- Chapter 13 Nigeria's The Mock News with Pararan: The Poetics of its Punchline -- About the Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795743703321 |
Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2022] | ||
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Stand-up comedy in Africa / / Izuu Nwankwọ, editor ; with a foreword by Ebenezer Obadare |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico | Stand-up comedy |
ISBN | 3-8382-7608-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and its Dispersal across Africa -- Part I Resisting and Reinventing the Status Quo -- Chapter 1 Confronting Racism and Colonialism in Cécile Djunga's and Trevor Noah's Stand-up Comedy -- Chapter 2 South African Vernacular Stand-Up Comedy as Performative Resistance -- Chapter 3 The People's Joker: The Popularity of Mr Jokes' Stand-up Comedy in Malawi -- Chapter 4 Resisting Shame and the Male Gaze: Humour Evocations in the Acts of Noha Kato and Real Warri Pikin -- Chapter 5 Discourse and Humour Strategies in Two-Person Stand-up Art in Nigeria -- Part II Circumventing Censorship and Taboo -- Chapter 6 In the Shadow of the 1994 Genocide: Arthur Nkusi and Stand-up Comedy in Rwanda -- Chapter 7 The Afterlife of Ugandan Stand-up Comedy: Examining the Multiple Roles and Jocular Devices of Teacher Mpamire -- Chapter 8 Scripted and Non-Scripted Humour in Stand-up Comedy: Techniques of Egypt's Comedian Ali Quandil -- Chapter 9 Reinventing Taboo in Kenyan Stand-up Comedy -- Part III Mechanics of being a Comedian -- Chapter 10 Africa on the British Stage: Laughter-Making Mechanics of Andi Osho and Daliso Chaponda -- Chapter 11 There's No Such Thing as 'Too Soon' Here: Taking Stock of South Africa's Comedy Boom -- Chapter 12 The Many-Sides of Kenyan Stand-up Comedy: A Stylistic Interrogation of the Acts of Jemutai, Professor Hamo and Oga Obinna -- Chapter 13 Nigeria's The Mock News with Pararan: The Poetics of its Punchline -- About the Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820628903321 |
Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2022] | ||
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Standing up, speaking out : stand-up comedy and the rhetoric of social change / / edited by Matthew R. Meier and Casey R. Schmitt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MeierMatthew R
SchmittCasey R |
Soggetto topico |
Stand-up comedy - United States
Comedy - History and criticism English language - United States - Rhetoric |
ISBN |
1-315-65773-2
1-317-32894-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Stand-up and identity -- pt. II. Stand-up, race, and culture -- pt. III. Stand-up and politics -- pt. IV. Standing up, breaking rules. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136136103321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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