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Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives / / edited by Oliver Double, Sharon Lockyer
| Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives / / edited by Oliver Double, Sharon Lockyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 792.760941 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Comedy |
| Soggetto topico | Comedy |
| ISBN | 3-030-97351-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Alternative Comedy Now and Then: An Introduction -- 'We were mixing everything up' -- 'Something other than straight stand-up' -- Outline of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Alternative Comedy Timeline -- References -- Part I: Alternative Comedy Venues -- Chapter 3: The Meccano Club: The Business of Alternative Comedy -- Introduction -- 'Minimal Lighting. PA. No Piano.' -- 'Such a Low Ceiling' -- 'Such a Champion of Alternative Comedy' -- 'A Self-Portrait of the Promoter' -- 'Everyone Got the Same' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: 'A Local Show for Local People': Alternative Cabaret at the Tower Arts Centre, Winchester, UK, 1981-1984 -- Introduction -- Attempt at a Genealogy -- Performance Archaeology 1, 'Blank Verse for Blank Minds' -- Local Antecedents: A Prehistory -- The Tower -- And Now, What You've All Been Waiting for, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Acts -- Performance Archaeology 2: 'Life' -- Return to Space -- Reflecting: Backwards and Forwards -- Before You Leave -- References -- Chapter 5: The Story of Cabaret A Go Go -- Introduction -- Poster Method and Technique -- The Influence of CAST/New Variety -- The Live Theatre and Newcastle Arts Centre -- Newcastle Arts Centre -- Postscript -- References -- Part II: Performers' Perspectives -- Chapter 6: Trends with Benefits -- Put Your Hands Together for the Opening Act-Introducing the Artistic and Socio-political Contexts 1983-1992 -- First Dates 1983-1984 -- A Gig Is a Gig, Even When It's Unpaid-Impact of the Miner's Strike 1984-1985 -- From the Local to the Empire-Comedy Moves to Bigger Venues 1985-1990 -- The Fault Is in the Stars-1990 Onwards -- Party Time-Red Wedge and the 1987 Election Campaign -- Show, Don't Tell-Snapshot of a Fundraiser April 1990 -- References.
Chapter 7: Alternative Cabaret in Conversation -- References -- Part III: Interpreting Alternative Comedy -- Chapter 8: Pressing for No Change? Political Correctness, the Defence of the 'mainstream' and Class in UK Newspaper Responses to the Emergence of 'Alternative Comedy' -- Introduction -- Key Findings of Quantitative Analysis of the UK Press -- What Does Alternative Comedy Mean? -- Is Alternative Comedy Funny? -- Emergence of Press Accounts of Alternative Comedy as Negatively Conceived 'Political Correctness' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: The Dramatic Script of Alternative Comedy -- Introduction -- The Year Was 1988 -- Our Jaded Militants -- The Politics of Antagonism -- The Politics of Affirmation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Alternative Comedy Today -- Chapter 10: Alternative Comedy in Finland: Juhani Nevalainen, Musician Not Comedian -- Introduction -- Juhani Nevalainen, Musician Not Comedian -- Invention, Convention and Things That Don't Belong -- Framing the Relation Between Spectator and Performer -- Conclusions: Nevalainen as Comedy, Anticomedy and Metacomedy -- References -- Chapter 11: 'Less Dick Jokes': Women-Only Comedy Line-Ups, Audience Expectations and Negotiating Stereotypes -- Introduction -- Data Collection Methods -- Where have Women-Only Comedy Nights Come from and What Were They Set Up to Achieve? -- How Women Comics Understand Women-Only Comedy Nights as Alternative -- How Audiences Understand Women-Only Comedy Spaces as Alternative -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 12: New Alternative Comedy: Productive Crises c.2005-Present -- Introduction -- Crisis of Creativity and Commercialisation -- Performance-Based Response -- Functions and Effects -- A Crisis of Representation -- Negotiating the Crisis of Representation: FOC It Up Comedy Club -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
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The Art of Dying : 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying / / edited by Gareth Richard Schott
| The Art of Dying : 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying / / edited by Gareth Richard Schott |
| Autore | Schott Gareth Richard |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Culture—Study and teaching
Popular Culture Digital media Games Comedy Motion pictures Television broadcasting Visual Culture Digital and New Media Games Studies Comedy Studies Film and Television Studies |
| ISBN | 3-031-35217-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 – Expressions of Grief: Creative Processing and Reflections -- Chapter 2 - The ‘Creative’ Grief of Heart of a Dog and Dick Johnson Is Dead -- Chapter 3 - Mediated Suicide in 13 Reasons Why: An Argument for Caution in Television Portrayals of Suicide -- Chapter 4 - Absent Presence: Exploiting the Temporal Flexibility of Graphic Memoir -- Chapter 5 -Retain or Delete? Intentions for Social Network Accounts After Death -- Chapter 6 - “Okay? No, not okay:” Does Romance Deliver a Good Death for Terminally Ill Young People? -- Chapter 7 - Death Is Not the End (of the Game): So, What Is It? -- Chapter 8 - The Live Reality of Death: Representations of Dying and the Dead in Documentary Theatre -- Chapter 9 - How Soon Is Too Soon? Death as Comedy. |
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As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay
| As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay |
| Autore | Gay Penny <1945, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Gender in performance |
| Soggetto topico |
Feminism and literature - England - History - 16th century
Feminism and literature - England - History - 17th century Women and literature - England - History - 16th century Women and literature - England - History - 17th century Gender identity in literature Sex role in literature Women in literature Comedy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-86237-7
1-280-33840-7 9786610338405 0-203-30301-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; TWELFTH NIGHT Desire and its discontents; AS YOU LIKE IT Who's who in the greenwood; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Avoiding the feminist challenge; MEASURE FOR MEASURE Sex and power in a patriarchal society; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING A kind of merry war; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Gay Penny <1945, >
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As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay
| As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay |
| Autore | Gay Penny <1945, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Gender in performance |
| Soggetto topico |
Feminism and literature - England - History - 16th century
Feminism and literature - England - History - 17th century Women and literature - England - History - 16th century Women and literature - England - History - 17th century Gender identity in literature Sex role in literature Women in literature Comedy |
| ISBN |
1-134-86236-9
1-134-86237-7 1-280-33840-7 9786610338405 0-203-30301-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; TWELFTH NIGHT Desire and its discontents; AS YOU LIKE IT Who's who in the greenwood; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Avoiding the feminist challenge; MEASURE FOR MEASURE Sex and power in a patriarchal society; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING A kind of merry war; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779966603321 |
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Gay Penny <1945, >
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As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay
| As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay |
| Autore | Gay Penny <1945, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Gender in performance |
| Soggetto topico |
Feminism and literature - England - History - 16th century
Feminism and literature - England - History - 17th century Women and literature - England - History - 16th century Women and literature - England - History - 17th century Gender identity in literature Sex role in literature Women in literature Comedy |
| ISBN |
1-134-86236-9
1-134-86237-7 1-280-33840-7 9786610338405 0-203-30301-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; TWELFTH NIGHT Desire and its discontents; AS YOU LIKE IT Who's who in the greenwood; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Avoiding the feminist challenge; MEASURE FOR MEASURE Sex and power in a patriarchal society; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING A kind of merry war; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817733803321 |
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| London : , : Routledge, , 1996 | ||
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As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]]
| As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shakespeare William <1564-1616, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Shakespeare in production |
| Soggetto topico |
Fathers and daughters
Exiles Comedy |
| ISBN |
0-511-19289-4
1-139-16457-0 1-316-08542-2 1-280-47763-6 0-511-19502-8 0-511-19568-0 0-511-19359-9 0-511-31407-8 0-511-19433-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PRODUCTIONS; INTRODUCTION; Peculiarities of the play as a performance piece; Seventeenth century; Charles Johnson's 'Love in a Forest'; Eighteenth century: romping actresses and the struggle for decorum; Dora Jordan: 'spirit of enjoyment'; Into the nineteenth century: opera, spectacle, and a new Rosalind; Kemble's revisions; Macready's restorations; Helena Faucit: Rosalind 'ethereally embodied'; Charles Kean and the growth of pictorial staging
Charlotte Cushman: a Tiresian Ganymede Samuel Phelps and the conventional Jaques; Victorian excesses; Scenic illusionism: Hare-Kendal's stage grass and Sullivan's stuffed stag; Moral entertainment; The feminine ideal; Other Rosalinds; Augustin Daly's triumph; Turn of the century: transition to a freer Arden; Oscar Asche's greenhouse; Nigel Playfair's break with scenic illusionism; Open-air Arden; The play settles in; Early film versions; Foreign productions; Vanessa Redgrave: 'a Rosalind to remember'; Clifford Williams: sexless love; Experiments in the 1960's and 1970's; BBC television Peter Stein's journey to Arden Adrian Noble and gender-bending in the 1980's; Christine Edzard's dystopic Arden; Cheek by Jowl; Shakespeare's Globe; LIST OF CHARACTERS; AS YOU LIKE IT; ACT 1, SCENE 1; ACT 1, SCENE 2; ACT 1, SCENE 3; ACT 2; ACT 3, SCENE 1; ACT 3, SCENE 2; ACT 3, SCENE 3; ACT 3, SCENE 4; ACT 3, SCENE 5; ACT 3, SCENE 6; ACT 4, SCENE 1; ACT 4, SCENE 2; ACT 4, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 1; ACT 5, SCENE 2; ACT 5, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 4; [EPILOGUE]; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457729803321 |
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Shakespeare William <1564-1616, >
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
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As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]]
| As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shakespeare William <1564-1616, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Shakespeare in production |
| Soggetto topico |
Fathers and daughters
Exiles Comedy |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Pastoral drama
Comedies. |
| ISBN |
0-511-19289-4
1-139-16457-0 1-316-08542-2 1-280-47763-6 0-511-19502-8 0-511-19568-0 0-511-19359-9 0-511-31407-8 0-511-19433-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PRODUCTIONS; INTRODUCTION; Peculiarities of the play as a performance piece; Seventeenth century; Charles Johnson's 'Love in a Forest'; Eighteenth century: romping actresses and the struggle for decorum; Dora Jordan: 'spirit of enjoyment'; Into the nineteenth century: opera, spectacle, and a new Rosalind; Kemble's revisions; Macready's restorations; Helena Faucit: Rosalind 'ethereally embodied'; Charles Kean and the growth of pictorial staging
Charlotte Cushman: a Tiresian Ganymede Samuel Phelps and the conventional Jaques; Victorian excesses; Scenic illusionism: Hare-Kendal's stage grass and Sullivan's stuffed stag; Moral entertainment; The feminine ideal; Other Rosalinds; Augustin Daly's triumph; Turn of the century: transition to a freer Arden; Oscar Asche's greenhouse; Nigel Playfair's break with scenic illusionism; Open-air Arden; The play settles in; Early film versions; Foreign productions; Vanessa Redgrave: 'a Rosalind to remember'; Clifford Williams: sexless love; Experiments in the 1960's and 1970's; BBC television Peter Stein's journey to Arden Adrian Noble and gender-bending in the 1980's; Christine Edzard's dystopic Arden; Cheek by Jowl; Shakespeare's Globe; LIST OF CHARACTERS; AS YOU LIKE IT; ACT 1, SCENE 1; ACT 1, SCENE 2; ACT 1, SCENE 3; ACT 2; ACT 3, SCENE 1; ACT 3, SCENE 2; ACT 3, SCENE 3; ACT 3, SCENE 4; ACT 3, SCENE 5; ACT 3, SCENE 6; ACT 4, SCENE 1; ACT 4, SCENE 2; ACT 4, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 1; ACT 5, SCENE 2; ACT 5, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 4; [EPILOGUE]; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784422603321 |
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Shakespeare William <1564-1616, >
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
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As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]]
| As you like it / / edited by Cynthia Marshall [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shakespeare William <1564-1616, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Collana | Shakespeare in production |
| Soggetto topico |
Fathers and daughters
Exiles Comedy |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Pastoral drama
Comedies. |
| ISBN |
0-511-19289-4
1-139-16457-0 1-316-08542-2 1-280-47763-6 0-511-19502-8 0-511-19568-0 0-511-19359-9 0-511-31407-8 0-511-19433-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PRODUCTIONS; INTRODUCTION; Peculiarities of the play as a performance piece; Seventeenth century; Charles Johnson's 'Love in a Forest'; Eighteenth century: romping actresses and the struggle for decorum; Dora Jordan: 'spirit of enjoyment'; Into the nineteenth century: opera, spectacle, and a new Rosalind; Kemble's revisions; Macready's restorations; Helena Faucit: Rosalind 'ethereally embodied'; Charles Kean and the growth of pictorial staging
Charlotte Cushman: a Tiresian Ganymede Samuel Phelps and the conventional Jaques; Victorian excesses; Scenic illusionism: Hare-Kendal's stage grass and Sullivan's stuffed stag; Moral entertainment; The feminine ideal; Other Rosalinds; Augustin Daly's triumph; Turn of the century: transition to a freer Arden; Oscar Asche's greenhouse; Nigel Playfair's break with scenic illusionism; Open-air Arden; The play settles in; Early film versions; Foreign productions; Vanessa Redgrave: 'a Rosalind to remember'; Clifford Williams: sexless love; Experiments in the 1960's and 1970's; BBC television Peter Stein's journey to Arden Adrian Noble and gender-bending in the 1980's; Christine Edzard's dystopic Arden; Cheek by Jowl; Shakespeare's Globe; LIST OF CHARACTERS; AS YOU LIKE IT; ACT 1, SCENE 1; ACT 1, SCENE 2; ACT 1, SCENE 3; ACT 2; ACT 3, SCENE 1; ACT 3, SCENE 2; ACT 3, SCENE 3; ACT 3, SCENE 4; ACT 3, SCENE 5; ACT 3, SCENE 6; ACT 4, SCENE 1; ACT 4, SCENE 2; ACT 4, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 1; ACT 5, SCENE 2; ACT 5, SCENE 3; ACT 5, SCENE 4; [EPILOGUE]; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817431503321 |
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Shakespeare William <1564-1616, >
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
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Between Laughter and Satire [[electronic resource] ] : Aspects of the Historical Study of Humour / / by Conal Condren
| Between Laughter and Satire [[electronic resource] ] : Aspects of the Historical Study of Humour / / by Conal Condren |
| Autore | Condren Conal |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 238 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306
792.23 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy
Television broadcasting Comedy Studies Television Studies |
| ISBN | 3-031-21739-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- Part I Laughter and the Study of Humour -- 2 Laughter and the Formation of a Concept of Humour -- 3 The Universality and the Genealogy of Humour -- Part II Method and Its Limits in the Historical Study of Humour -- 4 Context and Intention -- 5 Translation and Reception -- Part III Defining Satire and Satiric Humour -- 6 Definition by Dictionary, Origin and Implications -- 7 Definition by Adjacent Terms, Genre and Satiric Definition -- Part IV Satiric Humour in Popular Culture: The Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Television Satires -- 8 Theory and the Absent Political System -- 9 The Satiric Presence of Political Discourse -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910682555103321 |
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Condren Conal
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
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Beyond a common joy [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to Shakespearean comedy / / Paul A. Olson
| Beyond a common joy [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to Shakespearean comedy / / Paul A. Olson |
| Autore | Olson Paul A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 822.3/3 |
| Soggetto topico | Comedy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-95852-2
9786611958527 0-8032-1947-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | On historical understandings of Shakespeare's works -- Shakespeare and the invention of grand comic form -- Shakespearean comedic myths -- Biblical story and festival enter Shakespearean comedy -- Empire and conquest in the comedies -- Measure for measure as form, myth, and Scripture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453884203321 |
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Olson Paul A
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 | ||
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