Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America

Name: Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America
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ISBN: 9780822325468

ISBN-10: 0822325462

ISBN-13: 9780822325468

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Limon, Donald Pease

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This cultural theory of stand-up comedy analyses the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 6/23/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction: Approximations, Apologies, Acknowledgments



Inrage: A Lenny Bruce Joke and the Topography of Standup



Nectarines: Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks



Analytic of the Ridiculous: Mike Nichols and Elaine May



Journey to the End of the Night: David Letterman with Kristeva, Cï¿½line, Scorse



Scatology: Richard Pryor in Concert



Skirting, Kidding: Ellen DeGeneres and Paula Poundstone


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