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Taking a Stand - Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,102
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Taking a Stand - Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals (Paperback): Jared N. Champion, Peter C. Kunze

Taking a Stand - Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals (Paperback)

Jared N. Champion, Peter C. Kunze

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Stand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and playful engagement with social issues: Lenny Bruce questioned the symbolic valence of racial slurs, Dick Gregory took time away from the stage to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and-more recently-Tig Notaro challenged popular notions of damaged or abject bodies. Stand-up comedians deploy humor to open up difficult topics for broader examination, which only underscores the social and cultural importance of their work. Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals draws together essays that contribute to the analysis of the stand-up-comedian-as-public intellectual since the 1980s. The chapters explore stand-up comedians as contributors to and shapers of public discourse via their live performances, podcasts, social media presence, and political activism. Each chapter highlights a stand-up comedian and their ongoing discussion of a cultural issue or expression of a political ideology/standpoint: Lisa Lampanelli's use of problematic postracial humor, Aziz Ansari's merging of sociology and technology, or Maria Bamford's emphasis on mental health, to name just a few. Taking a Stand offers a starting point for understanding the work stand-up comedians do as well as its reach beyond the stage. Comedians influence discourse, perspectives, even public policy on myriad issues, and this book sets out to take those jokes seriously. Contributions by Jared N. Champion, Miriam M. Chirico, Thomas Clark, David R. Dewberry, Christopher J. Gilbert, David Gillota, Kathryn Kein, Rob King, Rebecca Krefting, Peter C. Kunze, Linda Mizejewski, Aviva Orenstein, Raul Perez, Philip Scepanski, Susan Seizer, Monique Taylor, Ila Tyagi, and Timothy J. Viator.

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Imprint: University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2021
Editors: Jared N. Champion • Peter C. Kunze
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-3549-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
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LSN: 1-4968-3549-2
Barcode: 9781496835499

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