Laughing matters
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Laughing Matters is an undergraduate level textbook taking an analytic approach to film, television and radio comedy, providing 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 their origins to the present. The second part shows how the genre gravitates towards contentious issues in British and American culture as it finds humour in the boundaries of class, gender, sexuality, race and logic. The authorst cover silent cinema comedy, early sound film comedy, Romantic film comedy, radio, television situation and sketch comedy, comedy and genre, animations, issues of gender and sexuality, taste, and race and ethnicity.
כותר |
Laughing matters : understanding film, television and radio comedy / John Mundy and Glyn White. |
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מוציא לאור |
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press |
שנה |
2017 |
הערות |
Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Part I: Comedy forms. Silent film comedy Early sound film comedy The romantic comedy film Radio comedy Television comedy Comedy and genre boundaries Animated comedy. -- Part II: Themes, effects and impact of comedy. Comedy, gender and sexuality Comedy and cultural value: from bad taste to gross-out Comedy, race and ethnicity Conclusion: 'You had to be there'. |
סדרה |
Manchester Film Studies |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) : illustrations digital, PDF file(s). |
שפה |
אנגלית |
שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©2012 |
מספר מערכת |
997010703381405171 |
תצוגת MARC
תגיות
- Television comedies Great Britain History and criticism.
- Television comedies United States History and criticism.
- Comedy films Great Britain.
- Comedy films United States.
- Radio broadcasting Great Britain History.
- Radio broadcasting United States History.
- Comedy History and criticism.
- Film, TV and radio.
- ART / Criticism & Theory.
- The Arts Performing arts Films, cinema.
- nne Comedy videos
- Comedies, Television
- nne Comedy programs
- Comedy programs, Television
- Comedy television programs
- Television comedy programs
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