Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
This book, first of its kind in the Indian context, brings together both a theoretical understanding of various aspects of the humour, aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy, and case studies of various forms of stand-up comedy in India. This volume is interdisciplinary wherein the contributors...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Comedy
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction by Richa Chilana and Rashi Bhargava
- Laughing about and from the Periphery
- Das, Shayeri- Disparagement Humour as a Means for Social Exclusion: Examining the Day-to-Day Casteism in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
- Chakravarti, Mahashweta-The ‘Serious Business of Comedy’: Indian Female Stand-Up Comedians and their Political Roles
- Rele Sathe, Namrata-Creeping on You: The Politics of the Messy Woman in the comedy of Sumukhi Suresh
- Pande, Neha-What’s funny to Daniel Fernandes might not be funny to Aditi Mittal
- Politics of Language and Wordplay
- Banerjett, Maumita-Jokes for all: Language, and Challenges of Contemporary Indian Stand-up Comedy
- Jyothsna, K S -L for Librocubicularist: Soul searching with key words that nobody is searching for
- Where do we draw the line-Patel, Arun- New Clowns in Town: Stand-up comics as parrhesiastes and flatters
- Singh, Pankaj-Struggles of Indian Stand-up Comedians to Find the Line
- Comedy and Contact Zones
- Ishtiaq, Shanzeh-Comedy Across the Borders/Cracking(up) Queer Comedy in Pakistan and India
- Kay, Kavyta-Representing Brown Britain – Asian voices in British Comedy
- Nair, Ashwathy-Creating Contact Zones via Stand-up Comedy: Defamiliarizing the Construct of ‘India’
- Miller, Zubin - The ritual of comedy: expressions from the young Indian middle-class