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Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, Or, Abjection in America (New Americanists)
StandUp Comedy in Theory Or Abjection in America - New Americanists
Author: John Limon
Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory. Limon argues that s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780822325093
ISBN-10: 0822325098
Publication Date: 6/2000
Pages: 152
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Publisher: Duke University Press
Book Type: Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback
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