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Louise Peacock is Associate Professor of Drama in the School of Arts, Design and Humanities at De Montfort University, UK.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 1. Form, Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 2. Theory, Peter Buse (University of Liverpool, UK) 3. Praxis: ‘If You Laugh at Something, Then I’ll Potentially Keep It’: The Praxis of Live Comedy, Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK) 4. Identity: Laughs Last—Gender, Power, and Comic Identity, Joanne Gilbert (Alma College, USA) 5. The Body, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 6. Politics and Power, Chris Vognar (Independent scholar, USA) 7. Laughter, Eric Weitz (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 8. Ethics, Michael Pickering (Loughborough University, UK) Notes References Index

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 17 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781350000766
      978-1350000766
      ISBN-10 1350000760
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      Comedy and stand-up

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Louise Peacock is Associate Professor of Drama in the School of Arts, Design and Humanities at De Montfort University, UK.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Introduction, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 1. Form, Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 2. Theory, Peter Buse (University of Liverpool, UK) 3. Praxis: ‘If You Laugh at Something, Then I’ll Potentially Keep It’: The Praxis of Live Comedy, Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK) 4. Identity: Laughs Last—Gender, Power, and Comic Identity, Joanne Gilbert (Alma College, USA) 5. The Body, Louise Peacock (De Montfort University, UK) 6. Politics and Power, Chris Vognar (Independent scholar, USA) 7. Laughter, Eric Weitz (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 8. Ethics, Michael Pickering (Loughborough University, UK) Notes References Index

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