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The Politics of British Stand-up Comedy: The New Alternative: Palgrave Studies in Comedy

Autor Sophie Quirk
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 noi 2018
This Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and influence each other. The Alternative Comedy Movement of the late 1970s and 1980s can be described as a time of unruly experimentation and left-wing radicalism. This book examines how alternative comedians continue to celebrate these characteristics in the twenty-first century, while also moving into a distinct phase of artistic development as the political context of the 1970s and 1980s loses its immediacy. Sophie Quirk draws on original interviews with comedians including Tom Allen, Josie Long, John-Luke Roberts and Tony Law to chart how alternative comedians are shaped by, and in turn respond to, contemporary political challenges from neoliberalism to Brexit, class controversy to commercialism. She argues that many of our assumptions about comedy’s politics must be challenged and updated. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the working methods and values of today’s alternative comedians.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030011048
ISBN-10: 3030011046
Pagini: 135
Ilustrații: IX, 131 p. 3 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Seria Palgrave Studies in Comedy

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. “Where Are All the Right-Wing Comedians?”.- 3. Political Challenges of the Millennial Era.- 4. Experimentation: Class, Controversy and an Artistic Lifeline.- 5. Conclusion: Widening the Theoretical Basis for Assessing Stand-Up Politics.

Notă biografică

Sophie Quirk is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent, UK, where she specialises in stand-up comedy and popular performance. She is the author of Why Stand-up Matters: How Comedians Manipulate and Influence (2015). 


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This Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and influence each other. The Alternative Comedy Movement of the late 1970s and 1980s can be described as a time of unruly experimentation and left-wing radicalism. This book examines how alternative comedians continue to celebrate these characteristics in the twenty-first century, while also moving into a distinct phase of artistic development as the political context of the 1970s and 1980s loses its immediacy. Sophie Quirk draws on original interviews with comedians including Tom Allen, Josie Long, John-Luke Roberts and Tony Law to chart how alternative comedians are shaped by, and in turn respond to, contemporary political challenges from neoliberalism to Brexit, class controversy to commercialism. She argues that many of our assumptions about comedy’s politics must be challenged and updated. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understandthe working methods and values of today’s alternative comedians.

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Argues that today’s comedy alternative demonstrates both continuity with, and significant development from, the British Alternative Comedy form that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s Utilises a range of empirical analysis, drawing on original interviews with key practitioners Offers a concise analysis of stand-up comedy’s place within the cultural and political discourse