Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives / Oliver Double, Sharon Lockyer, editors.
Lockyer, Sharon, 1974- editor.; Double, Oliver, editor.
2022
PN1969.C65
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Title
Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives / Oliver Double, Sharon Lockyer, editors.
ISBN
9783030973513 (electronic bk.)
3030973514 (electronic bk.)
9783030973506
3030973506
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97351-3
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-97351-3 doi
Call Number
PN1969.C65
Dewey Decimal Classification
792.7/60941
Summary
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy. The collection examines the contexts, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the socio-political impact and significance of alternative comedy from its historical roots through to present day performances. As alternative comedy celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019, critically reflecting on its impact and significance is a timely endeavour. The book adopts a distinctive interdisciplinary approach, synthesizing theory, concepts and methodologies from comedy studies, theatre and performance, communication and media studies, sociology, political sciences and anthropology. This approach is taken in order to fully understand and examine the dynamics and nuances of the alternative comedy movement which would not be possible with a single-discipline approach. Oliver Double is a Reader in Drama at the University of Kent, UK. Before becoming an academic he worked as a stand-up comedian on the national comedy circuit and set up Last Laugh, Sheffields longest running comedy club. He continues to perform occasionally in his one-man shows and as compere of the Funny Rabbit Comedy Club. Sharon Lockyer is a Reader in Sociology and Communications at Brunel University London, UK. She is the founding director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) the first, and only, international research centre devoted to the academic study of comedy. Her research interests include critical comedy studies, identity politics and comic media representations and the sociology of popular culture.
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Lockyer, Sharon, 1974- editor.
Double, Oliver, editor.
Series
Palgrave studies in comedy.
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Alternative comedy now and then.
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1. Alternative Comedy Now and Then: An Introduction
2. Alternative Comedy Timeline
3. The Meccano Club: The Business of Alternative Comedy
4. A Local Show for Local People: Alternative Cabaret at the Tower Art Centre, Winchester, UK, 1981-1984
5. The Story of Cabaret A Go Go
6. Trends with Benefits
7. Alternative Cabaret in Conversation
8. Pressing for no change? Political Correctness, the defence of the mainstream and class in UK newspaper responses to the emergence of Alternative Comedy
9. The Dramatic Script of Alternative Comedy
10. Alternative Comedy in Finland: Juhani Nevalainen, Musician Not Comedian
11. "Less Dick Jokes" : Women-only comedy line-ups, audience expectations and negotiating stereotypes
12. New Alternative Comedy: Productive Crises c.2005-Present.

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