Working to Laugh

Assembling Difference in American Stand-Up Comedy Venues

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Communication, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: James M. Thomas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi ISBN: 9780739189566
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: January 21, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: James M. Thomas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780739189566
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: January 21, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

Through intensive fieldwork lasting over eighteen months, this book demonstrates that the stand-up comedy venue is a dynamic space where social actors contest and reproduce dominant understandings of race, class, and gender in ways that transcend the joke-work performed on stage. Situated within the intersections of popular culture, urban ethnography, and critical race theory, this book is sure to appeal to a variety of academics, students, and general readers.

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Through intensive fieldwork lasting over eighteen months, this book demonstrates that the stand-up comedy venue is a dynamic space where social actors contest and reproduce dominant understandings of race, class, and gender in ways that transcend the joke-work performed on stage. Situated within the intersections of popular culture, urban ethnography, and critical race theory, this book is sure to appeal to a variety of academics, students, and general readers.

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