Standing Up, Speaking Out: Stand-Up Comedy and the Rhetoric of Social Change

Matthew R. Meier (Curatore)

Casey R. Schmitt (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016

In recent decades, some of the most celebrated and culturally influential American oratorical performances have come not from political leaders or religious visionaries, but from stand-up comics. Even though comedy and satire have been addressed by rhetorical scholarship in recent decades, little attention has been paid to stand-up. This collection is an attempt to further cultivate the growing conversation about stand-up comedy from the perspective of the rhetorical tradition. It brings together literatures from rhetorical, cultural, and humor studies to provide a unique exploration of stand-up comedy that both argues on behalf of the form’s capacity for social change and attempts to draw attention to a series of otherwise unrecognized rhetors who have made significant contributions to public culture through comedy.

• Curatore: Matthew R. Meier, Casey R. Schmitt
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 252 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 385 gr.
• EAN: 9781138100299

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