@article{1450230,
      recid = {1450230},
      author = {Lockyer, Sharon, and Double, Oliver,},
      title = {Alternative comedy now and then : critical perspectives /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1450230},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97351-3},
}