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Joke work: comic labor and the aesthetics of the awkward

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1 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