Slapstick: An Interdisciplinary Companion

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111255441
• ISBN13: 9783111255446
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"