A Vulgar Art: A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy

by Ian Brodie

Book Overview

In A Vulgar Art, Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study it often begin by relating it to something they recognize--"literature" or "theatre"; "editorial" or "morality"--and analyze it accordingly. A Vulgar Art begins with a more fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496807944
• ISBN13: 9781496807946
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"