Taking Comedy Seriously: Stand-Up's Dissident Potential in Mass Culture

By Jennalee Donian

This book contextualizes contemporary stand-up comedy within the wider socio-political terrain of neoliberal capitalism, contributing to a more complex and developed understanding of the relation of jokes and humor to the unconscious mind in its relation to ideology and discourse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498587658
• ISBN13: 9781498587655
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"