Slapstick An Interdisciplinary Companion
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Slapstick An Interdisciplinary Companion
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Author : Ervin Malakaj
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-10-25
Slapstick An Interdisciplinary Companion written by Ervin Malakaj and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions. Nonetheless, as a form of physical humor slapstick has a long history across various areas of cultural production. This volume approaches slapstick both as a genre of situational physical comedy and as a mode of communicating an affective situation captured in various cultural products. Contributors to the volume examine cinematic, literary, dramatic, musical, and photographic texts and performances. From medieval chivalric romance and nineteenth-century theater to contemporary photography, the contributors study treatments of slapstick across media, periods and geographic locations. The aim of a study of such wide scope is to demonstrate how slapstick emerged from a variety of complex interactions among different traditions and by extension, to illustrate that slapstick can be highly productive for interdisciplinary research.
Slapstick An Interdisciplinary Companion
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Author : Ervin Malakaj
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-10-25
Slapstick An Interdisciplinary Companion written by Ervin Malakaj and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions. Nonetheless, as a form of physical humor slapstick has a long history across various areas of cultural production. This volume approaches slapstick both as a genre of situational physical comedy and as a mode of communicating an affective situation captured in various cultural products. Contributors to the volume examine cinematic, literary, dramatic, musical, and photographic texts and performances. From medieval chivalric romance and nineteenth-century theater to contemporary photography, the contributors study treatments of slapstick across media, periods and geographic locations. The aim of a study of such wide scope is to demonstrate how slapstick emerged from a variety of complex interactions among different traditions and by extension, to illustrate that slapstick can be highly productive for interdisciplinary research.
The Routledge Companion To Absurdist Literature
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Author : Michael Y. Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-05-29
The Routledge Companion To Absurdist Literature written by Michael Y. Bennett and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Routledge Companion to Absurdist Literature is the first authoritative and definitive edited collection on absurdist literature. As a field-defining volume, the editor and the contributors are world leaders in this ever-exciting genre that includes some of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, and Albert Camus. Ever puzzling and always refusing to be pinned down, this book does not attempt to define absurdist literature, but attempts to examine its major and minor players. As such, the field is indirectly defined by examining its constituent writers. Not only investigating the so-called “Theatre of the Absurd,” this volume wades deeply into absurdist fiction and absurdist poetry, expanding much of our previous sense of what constitutes absurdist literature. Furthermore, long overdue, approximately one-third of the book is devoted to marginalized writers: black, Latin/x, female, LGBTQ+, and non-Western voices.
The Trouble With Jokes
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Author : Nick Butler
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2023-12-18
The Trouble With Jokes written by Nick Butler and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-18 with Social Science categories.
We’re accustomed to seeing humour as a diversion from the serious side of life, but humour also permeates some of the most troubling political developments in recent years. From the resurgence of white nationalism to the erosion of democratic norms, jokes force-feed us objectionable ideologies while we gasp and splutter at all the side-splitting shenanigans. This book explores the relationship between humour and offensiveness in contemporary society. Drawing on examples from philosophical thinkers and popular culture, it invites readers to consider the dark side of humour. Weaving together cultural analysis, political discussion and philosophical reflection, the book provides an antidote to positive thinking about laughter and a roadmap for navigating different types of offensive humour.
Comedy On Stage And Screen
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Author : Wieland Schwanebeck
language : en
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Release Date : 2022-09-26
Comedy On Stage And Screen written by Wieland Schwanebeck and has been published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book introduces readers to the genre of comedy, both on the stage and on the screen. It chronicles the history of comedy, starting with Ancient Greece, before summarising key chapters in Anglophone literary history, such as Shakespearean comedy, Restoration comedy, and Theatre of the Absurd. The book features an overview of key comic techniques (including slapstick, puns, and wit), as well as concise summaries of major theoretical debates (including the superiority theory and the Freudian account of laughter). The book works with many examples from the history of Anglophone comedy, including Oscar Wilde, Monty Python, and classic sitcoms. It addresses current research into cringe humour and the controversial topic of diversity in the field of comedy, and it connects classical tropes of comedy (like the fool or the marriage plot) to present-day examples. The book thus serves as an up-to-date study guide for everyone interested in comedy and its various subgenres.
Fontane In The Twenty First Century
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Author : John B. Lyon
language : en
Publisher: Camden House (NY)
Release Date : 2019
Fontane In The Twenty First Century written by John B. Lyon and has been published by Camden House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
Assesses the relevance of the works of Fontane, perhaps the foremost German novelist between Goethe and Mann, for the twenty-first century.
The Routledge Handbook Of Disability And Sexuality
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Author : Russell Shuttleworth
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-29
The Routledge Handbook Of Disability And Sexuality written by Russell Shuttleworth and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-29 with Medical categories.
This handbook provides a much-needed holistic overview of disability and sexuality research and scholarship. With authors from a wide range of disciplines and representing a diversity of nationalities, it provides a multi-perspectival view that fully captures the diversity of issues and outlooks. Organised into six parts, the contributors explore long-standing issues such as the psychological, interpersonal, social, political and cultural barriers to sexual access that disabled people face and their struggle for sexual rights and participation. The volume also engages issues that have been on the periphery of the discourse, such as sexual accommodations and support aimed at facilitating disabled people's sexual well-being; the socio-sexual tensions confronting disabled people with intersecting stigmatised identities such as LGBTBI or asexual; and the sexual concerns of disabled people in the Global South. It interrogates disability and sexuality from diverse perspectives, from more traditional psychological and sociological models, to various subversive and post-theoretical perspectives and queer theory. This handbook examines the cutting-edge, and sometimes ethically contentious, concerns that have been repressed in the field. With current, international and comprehensive content, this book is essential reading for students, academics and researchers in the areas of disability, gender and sexuality, as well as applied disciplines such as healthcare practitioners, counsellors, psychology trainees and social workers.
Weihnachtsfilme Lesen Ii
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Author : Andrea Geier
language : de
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2023-11-30
Weihnachtsfilme Lesen Ii written by Andrea Geier and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Weihnachtsfilme lesen lohnt sich! Im zweiten Band der Genreanalyse geht es um Krisengeschichten. Entgegen dem Klischee, dass Weihnachtsfilme von einer heilen Welt erzählen, zeigen sich häufig Verwerfungen in Familie und Liebesbeziehungen sowie verunsicherte Genderrollen und ökonomische Probleme. Die weihnachtliche Harmonievorstellung bildet lediglich den Hintergrund, vor dem sich private wie soziale Krisen abzeichnen. Sind Krisen also sogar genrekonstitutiv? Die Beiträger*innen diskutieren Deregulierung und Verunsicherung als ästhetische Phänomene des Weihnachtsfilms. Dazu nehmen sie diskursive Verhandlungsprozesse der (De-)Stabilisierung sowie genrespezifische Mechanismen der Krisendarstellung in den Blick und zeigen: Weihnachten und Krisen gehören zusammen.
Unerh Rte Theatergeschichten
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Author : Stefan Hulfeld
language : de
Publisher: Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
Release Date : 2022-09-06
Unerh Rte Theatergeschichten written by Stefan Hulfeld and has been published by Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-06 with Performing Arts categories.
Das Lesebuch umfasst 17 Geschichten, die zeigen, wie faszinierend und erkenntnisreich Theatergeschichte sein kann. Erzählt werden sie von Theaterwissenschaftler*innen, die ihre Forschung damit einem Lesepublikum näherbringen. Es geht um die Elektrifizierung von Theatergebäuden, den Walkürenritt in der Zirkusmanege, eine Frauenbewegung im deutschen Theater um 1910, selbstbewusste Roboter in einem Science Fiction-Drama, den Papagei einer Opernsängerin, verbotene "Betten-Dramatik", einen desillusionierten Produktionsdramaturgen, altmodische Seepferde und Nixem im Wiener Augarten u. v. a. m.
The Fun Factory
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Author : Rob King
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2008-12-10
The Fun Factory written by Rob King and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-10 with Performing Arts categories.
From its founding in 1912, the short-lived Keystone Film Company—home of the frantic, bumbling Kops and Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties—made an indelible mark on American popular culture with its high-energy comic shorts. Even as Keystone brought "lowbrow" comic traditions to the screen, the studio played a key role in reformulating those traditions for a new, cross-class audience. In The Fun Factory, Rob King explores the dimensions of that process, arguing for a new understanding of working-class cultural practices within early cinematic mass culture. He shows how Keystone fashioned a style of film comedy from the roughhouse humor of cheap theater, pioneering modes of representation that satirized film industry attempts at uplift. Interdisciplinary in its approach, The Fun Factory offers a unique studio history that views the changing politics of early film culture through the sociology of laughter.