Stand-Up Comedy In Theory, Or, Abjection In America

Presents the study of standup comedy as a form of art. This title appreciates and analyses the specific practice of standup itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read standup through the lens of literary and cultural theory.
Year of publication: 2000
Pagination: 160 pages, notes
Format: Paperback
Serie: New Americanists