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
| 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.
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.
