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A Vulgar Art : A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World SeriesPublisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626740921
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Vulgar ArtDDC classification:
  • 792.7/6
LOC classification:
  • PN1969.C65 B85 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transcriptions -- Let's Go Out: Stand-Up Comedy, "Folklore" or "Not Folklore"? -- Welcome to the Show: A Vulgar Art -- Part 1: The Opener: From Folk Talk to Stand-Up -- Chapter 1: Stand-Up Comedy and a Folkloristic Approach -- Part 2: The Middle: Creating Intimacy over Distance -- Chapter 2: Where Is the Stand-Up Comedian?: Stand-Up on Stage -- Chapter 3: Who Is a Stand-Up Comedian?: The Social Identity -- Chapter 4: Who Is This Stand-Up Comedian?: The Performance of Self -- Chapter 5: What Is the Stand-Up Comedian?: Intimate Other -- Part 3: The Headliner: Distance Increases -- Chapter 6: Stand-Up Comedy Broadcasts -- Chapter 7: Stand-Up Comedy Recordings -- Tip Your Servers: The Validation of Laughter -- Notes -- References -- Discography and Videography -- Index.
Summary: The first examination of stand-up comedy through the lens of folklore.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transcriptions -- Let's Go Out: Stand-Up Comedy, "Folklore" or "Not Folklore"? -- Welcome to the Show: A Vulgar Art -- Part 1: The Opener: From Folk Talk to Stand-Up -- Chapter 1: Stand-Up Comedy and a Folkloristic Approach -- Part 2: The Middle: Creating Intimacy over Distance -- Chapter 2: Where Is the Stand-Up Comedian?: Stand-Up on Stage -- Chapter 3: Who Is a Stand-Up Comedian?: The Social Identity -- Chapter 4: Who Is This Stand-Up Comedian?: The Performance of Self -- Chapter 5: What Is the Stand-Up Comedian?: Intimate Other -- Part 3: The Headliner: Distance Increases -- Chapter 6: Stand-Up Comedy Broadcasts -- Chapter 7: Stand-Up Comedy Recordings -- Tip Your Servers: The Validation of Laughter -- Notes -- References -- Discography and Videography -- Index.

The first examination of stand-up comedy through the lens of folklore.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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