Laughing Matters: Understanding Film, Television and Radio Comedy

by Glyn White and John Mundy

Book Overview

Laughing Matters takes an analytic approach to film, television and radio comedy and provides an accessible overview of its forms and contexts. The introduction explains the value of studying comedy, concisely outlines the approach taken and summarises the relevant theories. The subsequent chapters are divided into two parts. The first part examines the specific forms comedy has taken as a constant and key element in film and broadcast comedy from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071908315X
• ISBN13: 9780719083150
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"