Cracking-open vernacular stand-up comedy: Reflections on Celeste Ntuli’s work on sexuality
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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
Racism Through the Lens of Stand-up Comedy: Digital Ethnography of Netflix Specials
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DOI: 10.1177/09760911221131187
Abstract: Comedy scripts the monotony of life in a language that humours all and mirrors the disruptive social reality of private life. Today, stand-up comedy is a multibillion-dollar entertainment business, and its practitioners are revered figures… read more here.
Keywords: racism lens; netflix specials; lens stand; stand comedy ... See more keywords
A rhetorical analysis of humor styles and techniques used in persian stand-up comedy
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DOI: 10.1515/humor-2017-0025
Abstract: Abstract To the best of my knowledge, this is the first (rhetorical) investigation of Persian stand-up comedy. In the present research, a rhetorical approach is taken to examine humor styles and techniques used in seven… read more here.
Keywords: persian stand; stand comedy; humor styles; stand ... See more keywords
PERFORMANCE OF MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE ETHICS OF SATIRE IN STAND-UP COMEDY
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DOI: 10.16995/ee.1141
Abstract: This paper explores one particular approach to satire in stand-up comedy, a popular cultural genre of oral performance, which is at the intersection of emotion and ethics. It is suggested that morally charged emotional language… read more here.
Keywords: satire stand; moral accountability; performance moral; stand comedy ... See more keywords
Tradition and subjectivities: Warri-related comedians and their art
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DOI: 10.17159/tl.v57i2.8321
Abstract: Introduction Coincidentally, many successful Nigerian stand-up comedians were born or raised in Warri and its environs. In this article we intend to interrogate the sociocultural background of four highly talented comedians whose artistic performances have… read more here.
Keywords: warri related; related comedians; stand comedy; stand ... See more keywords