TY - BOOK AU - White,Glyn AU - Mundy,John TI - Laughing Matters: Understanding Film, Television and Radio Comedy SN - 9781526130525 AV - PN1995.9.C55 .M863 2012 U1 - 791.43617 PY - 2012/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Comedy films-History and criticism KW - Radio comedies-History and criticism KW - Television comedies-History and criticism KW - Electronic books N1 - LAUGHING MATTERS: Understanding film, television and radio comedy -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Introduction -- PART I: Comedy forms -- 1. Silent film comedy -- 2. Early sound film comedy -- 3. The romantic comedy film -- 4. Radio comedy -- 5. Television comedy -- 6. Comedy and genre boundaries -- 7. Animated comedy -- PART II: Themes, effects and impact of comedy -- 8. Comedy, gender and sexuality -- 9. Comedy and cultural value: from bad taste to gross-out -- 10. Comedy, race and ethnicity -- Conclusion: 'You had to be there' -- Appendix: Writing an undergraduate essay about comedy in film, television or radio -- Select bibliography -- Index N2 - An incisive, witty and comprehensive textbook that looks at the many genres of comedy from silent film onwards. Covering film, televison and radio it is not only up-to-date but also provides full historical context. It focuses on all of the key issues studied on university courses UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5405961 ER -