Overview
- Adopts a distinctive interdisciplinary approach
- Includes a vibrant mix of established international academics in their fields and early-career researchers
- Provides an alternative comedy timeline outlining the history and development of alternative comedy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy (PSCOM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Performers’ Perspectives
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy. The collection examines the contexts, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the socio-political impact and significance of alternative comedy from its historical roots through to present day performances. As alternative comedy celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019, critically reflecting on its impact and significance is a timely endeavour. The book adopts a distinctive interdisciplinary approach, synthesizing theory, concepts and methodologies from comedy studies, theatre and performance, communication and media studies, sociology, political sciences and anthropology. This approach is taken in order to fully understand and examine the dynamics and nuances of the alternative comedy movement which would not be possible with a single-discipline approach.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Oliver Double is a Reader in Drama at the University of Kent, UK, but before becoming an academic he worked as a stand-up comedian on the national comedy circuit and set up Last Laugh, Sheffield's longest running comedy club. He continues to perform occasionally in his one-man shows and as compere of the Funny Rabbit Comedy Club. He has written a number of books, chapters and articles on stand-up comedy, variety theatre and popular performance, and helped to establish the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive, based at Kent’s Templeman Library.
Sharon Lockyer is a Reader in Sociology and Communications at Brunel University London, UK. She is the founding director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) – the first, and only, international research centre devoted to the academic study of comedy. Her research interests include critical comedy studies, identity politics and comic media representations and the sociology of popular culture and she is widely published in these areas in books, journal articles and blogs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Comedy Now and Then
Book Subtitle: Critical Perspectives
Editors: Oliver Double, Sharon Lockyer
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Comedy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97351-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97350-6Published: 06 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97353-7Published: 07 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97351-3Published: 05 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-4332
Series E-ISSN: 2731-4340
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 293
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comedy Studies, Performing Arts, Performers and Practitioners