A national joke

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Andy Medhurst investigates the Englishness of a century of English comedy, examining its components and asking what makes it English, and how comedy reflects and participates in ideas of Englishness.

כותר A national joke : popular comedy and English cultural identities / Andy Medhurst.
מוציא לאור New York : Routledge
שנה 2007
הערות Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר Book Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Concerning comedy
Chapter 3 Notions of nation
Chapter 4 Englishnesses
Chapter 5 Music hall: Contours and legacies
Chapter 6 Our gracious queens: English comedy's effeminate tradition
Chapter 7 Lads in love: Gender and togetherness in the male double act
Chapter 8 Thirty nibbles at the same cherry: Why the 'Carry Ons' carry on
Chapter 9 Bermuda my arse: Class, culture and 'The Royle Family'
Chapter 10 Anatomising England: Alan Bennett, Mike Leigh, Victoria Wood
Chapter 11 Togetherness through offensiveness: The importance of Roy 'Chubby' BrownChapter 12 Conclusion: A national sense of humour?
Bibliography
Index

היקף החומר 1 online resource (241 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997012410318405171
תצוגת MARC

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