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Because I Tell a Joke or Two - Comedy, Politics and Social Difference (Hardcover)
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Because I Tell a Joke or Two - Comedy, Politics and Social Difference (Hardcover)
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This text explores the often confused and complex relationship
between comedy and social difference. Recognizing the ways in which
comedy has been used to sustain, challenge or change power
relationships in society if offers numerous readings of comedy and
comedians in Britain, America and Australia.;In addressing comedy's
social, political and historical significance, the contributors
consider comedy in relation to class, region, age, politics,
gender, sexuality, the body, ethnicity and nationhood. Bringing
together producers, consumers and practitioners of comedy, this
book provides analysis of a wide range of comedy genres, texts and
performers: women in British comedies such as "Butterflies" and
"Fawlty Towers" ; blokes, beer and "Viz" ; political correctness in
comedy; immigration, the Marx Brothers and Jewish comedy in the
United States; comedy and identity in post-war Australian humour;
queer readings of "Morecambe and Wise" and the male double act;
black radical comedy in Britain and America; bodies, breasts and
smut in "Carry-On" ; new lesbian comedy; "The Golden Girls",
"Cheers", "Friends" and changing American society. Contributors
include Michael Bowes, Frances Gray, Da
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