{"product_id":"a-a-cultural-history-of-comedy-in-the-age-of-empire-9781350000759","title":"A A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Kaiser\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at University of California, Merced, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface    Introduction: Comic Frames in the Age of Empire, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Kaiser (University of California, Merced, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  1. Form: An Empire of Jokes in the Age of American Expansion, \u003ci\u003eTodd Nathan Thompson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Theory: Deadpan and Comedy Theory, \u003ci\u003eSarah Balkin (University of Melbourne, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Praxis: A Comedy Revolution, \u003ci\u003eMilena Kozi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ec (Independent scholar, Serbia)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Identity: Popular Performance from Peoria to Paris, \u003ci\u003eWill Visconti (University of Sydney, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Body: From Grimaldi to Chaplin, \u003ci\u003eSara Lodge (University of St Andrews, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Politics and Power: Nineteenth-Century American Humor, \u003ci\u003eGregg Camfield (University of California, Merced, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Laughter: The Ugly History, \u003ci\u003eMatthew Kaiser (University of California, Merced, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Ethics: Dickensian Satire and Mealtime Shame, \u003ci\u003eRob Jacklosky (College of Mount Saint Vincent, USA) and Matthew Kaiser (University of California, Merced, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Notes  References  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529216368983,"sku":"9781350000759","price":96.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350000759.jpg?v=1731874752","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-a-cultural-history-of-comedy-in-the-age-of-empire-9781350000759","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}