Because I Tell a Joke or Two; Comedy, Politics and Social Difference
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Book Description
Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and social difference. In provocative essays, the contributors consider issues of class, ethnicity, age, gender, and sexuality and reveal the ways comedy has been used to sustain, to challenge and to change power relationships in society. Spanning a wide range of genres, texts, and performers, from the Marx Brothers to Lea DeLaria, and from Ozzie and Harriet to Friends, Because I Tell a Joke or Two promises to make you think the next time you laugh along with a joke.
Contributors: Maggie Andrews, Frances Gray, Dave Huxley, C.P. Lee, Jane Littlewood, John McCallum, Mike Pickering, Laraine Porter, Mark Simpson, Stephen Small, Stephen Wagg, Paul Wells, and Frances Williams.
About the Author
Stephen Wagg is Senior Lecturer at Roehampton Institute, London. His previous books include Come on Down? and The Social Faces of Humour.
Because I Tell a Joke or Two; Comedy, Politics and Social Difference,STEPHEN WAGG,Routledge,0415129214,Comedy,Comedy films,Comic, The,General,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Sociology,Television comedies,Cultural studies,Media studies,Social groups & communities
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