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   Articles with "comedy" as a keyword



Joke economics: the low profile of comedy in the economics of arts and culture

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Journal of Cultural Economics"

DOI: 10.1007/s10824-024-09504-2

Abstract: Despite being a globally significant form of art and culture, the performance of comedy has seemingly maintained a very low profile in cultural economics. The case for greater research scrutiny of this art form is… read more here.

Keywords: joke economics; economics; low profile; comedy ... See more keywords

Humor doesn't retire: Improvisation as a health-promoting intervention for older adults.

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Archives of gerontology and geriatrics"

DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.10.013

Abstract: As our population ages and aging in place continues to remain a priority of older adults, identifying novel ways to promote the wellbeing of older adults and reduce isolation is of the utmost importance. The… read more here.

Keywords: comedy; improvisation health; retire improvisation; older adults ... See more keywords

Art and Archaeology

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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "Greece and Rome"

DOI: 10.1017/s0017383522000304

Abstract: This review again reflects the exciting chronological and geographical range within which Classicists operate and the diverse approaches and disciplinary knowledge that illuminate the ancient world for us. Alexa Piqueux's monograph, The Comic Body in… read more here.

Keywords: art archaeology; archaeology; comedy;

The Divine Comedy at Corinth: Paul, Menander and the Rhetoric of Resurrection

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "New Testament Studies"

DOI: 10.1017/s0028688518000140

Abstract: This article asks how the New Comedy of Menander might have influenced Paul's theological rhetoric in 1 Cor 5–15. An intertextual reading of Paul's letter against the backdrop of Menander's Samia reveals a number of… read more here.

Keywords: divine comedy; rhetoric; menander; comedy corinth ... See more keywords

The role of dialect in comedy performances: focus on enregisterment and humor

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "English Language and Linguistics"

DOI: 10.1017/s1360674324000492

Abstract: Many of the most popular comedy performances are rich in non-standard linguistic features of English. This article addresses how dialect contributes to the humor in comedy performances, and how humorous dialect performance leads to the… read more here.

Keywords: comedy performances; humor; comedy; performances focus ... See more keywords
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Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television"

DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1643147

Abstract: context of women and comedy, yet productively engaged by White, are Jack Halberstam’s proposals of queer temporality and queer failure. These ‘sexless’ concepts of queerness are convincingly used by White not only to lay out… read more here.

Keywords: clarence brown; brown hollywood; queer; comedy ... See more keywords
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Cracking-open vernacular stand-up comedy: Reflections on Celeste Ntuli’s work on sexuality

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Agenda"

DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2020.1775100

Abstract: abstract After 1994, the South African stand-up comedy scene was dominated, shaped and defined by men. Stand-up comedy is now expanding in its various expressions. The insurgence of ‘vernacular’ comedy and visibility of women comedians… read more here.

Keywords: celeste ntuli; article; comedy; stand comedy ... See more keywords
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Monstrous Aunties: the Rabelaisian older Asian woman in British cinema and television comedy

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Feminist Media Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2019.1599038

Abstract: ABSTRACT Representations of older women of South Asian heritage in British cinema are often assumed to do little more than reiterate familiar stereotypes. Yet some British comedy films and TV shows have carved out a… read more here.

Keywords: comedy; rabelaisian older; british cinema; monstrous aunties ... See more keywords
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Laughing otherwise: comic-critical approaches in alternative comedy

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Journal for Cultural Research"

DOI: 10.1080/14797585.2017.1370490

Abstract: AbstractThe origins of ‘alternative comedy’ are difficult to pinpoint, though it coincided with the rise of Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1979 – that year saw the appearance of something called ‘alternative cabaret’, a term… read more here.

Keywords: laughing otherwise; otherwise comic; comedy; critical approaches ... See more keywords

Joke work: comic labor and the aesthetics of the awkward

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Comedy Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/2040610x.2017.1279913

Abstract: ABSTRACT Comedy has long been cast as the linchpin of a space of ludic, non-purposive play. Yet the subgenre ‘cringe comedy’ stakes out a space ruled not by the lighthearted aesthetic of the ‘funny’ but… read more here.

Keywords: figure; joke work; comedy; comic labor ... See more keywords
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Not just for laughs: the role of the pilot in commissioning Australian television comedy series

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Comedy Studies"

DOI: 10.1080/2040610x.2017.1279926

Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines how the inclusion of a pilot as part of the proposal for a narrative comedy series, which might include the web series as pilot, can increase the chances of the project… read more here.

Keywords: comedy; pilot; series; australian television ... See more keywords