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Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics

Bringing together the distinct but connected disciplines of theology and ethics, Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics adds to the growing field of humor and religion. Beginning by re-considering what we know about jokes and laughter, the authors propose that more attention needs to be paid to the quasi-sacramental, magical quality of jokes and the ...
Jacob D. Myers, Nicole Graham
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Caste, gender, and “global Indian-ness”: spaces of safety in stand-up comedy in global Mumbai

Feminist Media Studies, 2022
Aju James
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Exploring Indian stand-up comedy through the lens of ideology, identity and gender: a discourse analysis

Comedy Studies, 2022
Inzamul Sarkar
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Performing pregnancy: Comic content, critique and ambivalence in pregnant stand-up comedy

International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2023
Sharon Lockyer
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Stand-Up Comedy as Decolonial Performance

Studies in American Humor
ABSTRACT This article explores stand-up’s potential as a decolonial performance practice through an examination of Dave Chappelle’s oeuvre of Netflix specials. Specifically, Joseph Richards relies on Thomas DeFrantz and Anita Gonzalez’s understanding of Black performance as operating through “loosened breath” to listen for the echoes ...
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Improvisation and Stand‐Up Comedy

The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 2020
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Mediatisation, digital spaces and live performance: Understanding Indian stand-up comedy and evolving performance landscapes

Convergence, 2023
Madhavi Shivaprasad
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Fun young ladies — Modern feminism and China's stand-up comedy

Women's Studies International Forum, 2023
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Stand-Up Comedy

2014
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Breast Cancer 2002: Where Do We Stand?

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2002
Patricia A Ganz
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