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Laughing Matters : Understanding Film, Television and Radio Comedy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526130525
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Laughing MattersDDC classification:
  • 791.43617
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 .M863 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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