ISBN:
9783319728414
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XI, 254 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color, online resource)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Literature, Cultural and Media Studies
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Erscheint auch als
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Printed edition
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Culture Study and teaching
;
Cultural and Media Studies
;
Music
;
Motion pictures.
;
Popular Culture.
;
Comedy.
Abstract:
This book examines the interconnections between punk and alternative comedy (altcom). It explores how punk’s tendency towards humour and parody influenced the trajectory taken by altcom in the UK, and the punk strategies introduced when altcom sought self-definition against dominant established trends. The Punk Turn in Comedy considers the early promise of punk-comedy convergence in Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s ‘Derek and Clive’, and discusses punk and altcom’s attitudes towards dominant traditions. The chapters demonstrate how punk and altcom sought a direct approach for critique, one that rejected innuendo, while embracing the ‘amateur’ in style and experimenting with audience-performer interaction. Giappone argues that altcom tended to be more consistently politicised than punk, with a renewed emphasis on responsibility. The book is a timely exploration of the ‘punk turn’ in comedy history, and will speak to scholars of both comedy and punk studies
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Peter Cook: Missing Links -- 3. The 'Alternative' -- 4. Attitudes Towards the Past -- 5. Styling the Amateur -- 6. The Role of the Audience -- 7. Modes of Dis-/Engagement -- 8. Power-Play -- 9. 'Style Without Affectation': Honesty and Performance -- 10. Boundaries of the [Un]Said -- 11. Conclusion
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-72841-4
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