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Working to Laugh

- Assembling Difference in American Stand-Up Comedy Venues

About Working to Laugh

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780739189559
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 182
  • Published:
  • January 20, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 160x238x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 436 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024

Description of Working to Laugh

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.

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