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Stand-up that stands out: Analysis of gendered sequences from a Foucauldian perspective
Literacy Trek, 2022 This article intends to unveil the conceptualization of gender and power dynamics buried in the sequences uttered by Turkish female comedians in their stand-up performances.
Nur Sürüç Şen
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An Extra Slice of Jo Brand [PDF]
, 2015 In this candid interview Jo Brand, one of Britain’s most popular and successful comedians, discusses her comedy career. Brand shares experiences and critical reflections on a wide range of comedy, from her first stand-up gig in the 1980s through to ...
Lockyer, S
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Paradoxes du stigmate : les représentations médiatiques de Marine Le Pen
Genre, Sexualité et Société, 2013 Media representations of female politicians differ from those of men involved in politics. For example, they currenly disadvantage women by linking them to the gender roles of daughter, spouse and mother, invoking skills far removed from the political ...
Frédérique Matonti
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Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2019 In the world of performance art, comedians have often been considered as minor artists or even have been rejected as mere commercial products. Yet doesn’t the stand-up tradition – defined by the delivery of fast paced jokes – seek to grasp the essence of
Xavier Lemoine
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The 'Other' laughs back: Humour and resistance in anti-racist comedy [PDF]
, 2010 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2010 The Author.This article outlines the ‘reverse discourses’ of black, African-American and Afro-Caribbean comedians in the UK and USA ...
Weaver, S
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Introduction: Tricksters, humour and activism [PDF]
, 2016 This special issue, entitled ‘The Trickster Activist in Global Humour and Comedy’, investigates the relevance of the concept of the trickster for explaining activist expressions that emanate from comedians, or that appear in comedy and humour more ...
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Genre, Sexualité et Société, 2023 In the late 2010’s, the first season of a webseries about LGBT activists was broadcasted for the first time. During the process of casting for the show, the question of what type of comedians should be chosen to embody gay characters arose and a ...
Déborah Gay
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"This brings back a lot of memories": a case study in the analysis of digital video production by young learners [PDF]
, 2005 This paper discusses a three and a half minute video written, shot and edited by two eleven year old children in London in the summer of 2003. Key questions which were used to structure the discussion included the following: When the children work in a ...
Potter, John
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Stand-up comedy as a hallmark of western culture
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2020 The article examines stand-up comedy in view of the symptoms of Western culture that constitute the environment in which this artistic expression has matured.
Anna Kawalec
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Psychotic traits in comedians [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 BackgroundThe popular belief that creativity is associated with madness has increasingly become the focus of research for many psychologists and psychiatrists. However, despite being prime examples of creative thinking, comedy and humour have been largely neglected.AimsTo test the hypothesis that comedians would resemble other creative individuals in ...
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