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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"stand up"”.
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Stand-up Comedy Visualized
<p>Stand-up comedy has become an increasingly popular form of comedy in the recent years and comedians reach audiences beyond the halls they are performing through streaming services, podcasts and social media. While comedic performances are typically judged by how 'funny' they are, which could be …
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An approach to traditions of British stand-up comedy.
This thesis is the first to examine stand-up comedy within an academic framework. It begins with a review of various theories of humour and examines the three major strands of thought; the idea that humour is a way of expressing hostility; the idea that humorous laughter is caused by incongruity; …
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Improving communication in the aspiring stand-up comedy community
… to fill a gap in academic literature regarding stand-up comedy, particularly research about relationships between comedians in a social media setting. The research analyzes such relationships with the uses and gratifications approach, which ties the use of a particular medium of mass …
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Take My Thesis…Please! The Art Of Stand-Up Comedy
<p>In my thesis, I explore the artistry of stand-up comedy primarily by concentrating on five aspects of the genre that one generally uses to discuss literature: theme, persona, language, narrative structure, and audience. My purpose is to critically analyze a mode of artistic expression that is …
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The Courage to Perform: Stand-Up Comedy and Personal Growth
<p>Stand-up comedy, traditionally perceived as a means of entertainment and laughter, holds the power to showcase personal struggle, resilience, and transformative potential. This project delves into how stand-up comedy can be a tool for individuals to confront and conquer their fears by creating a …
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A Jew from Nebraska: An Actors Attempt at Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy has been a major influence on American culture and has given the "Everyman" the ability to laugh at ourselves. Stand-up comedians have been performing in nightclubs, bars, clubs, and, most importantly, theatres for the past 60 years. Stand-up comedy can take many forms: a monologue …
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Design of a stand-up mobility device utilizing a harness support
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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Not a Joke: Women's Work and Feminist Laughter in Stand-Up Comedy
Live feminist stand-up comedy, and the shared laughter it generates, is a potent form of popular cultural performance that has become increasingly politically relevant and commercially successful in contemporary North America. In this thesis, I take an interdisciplinary, mixed-method approach to …
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The Performance of Intersectionality on the 21st Century Stand-Up Comedy Stage
… Rico. Her call continues to challenge current stand-up comics to acknowledge intersectionality, particularly the perspectives of women of color, and to encourage comics to actively intervene in unsettling the notion that our U.S. culture is “post-gendered” or “post-racial.” This dissertation …
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Why are they laughing? : the re-formulation of identity in Canadian stand-up comedy
… an ethnographic account of the world of Canadian stand-up comedy which explores the conflict and congruence between shifting identities, divided loyalties, private and public selves. Comedy is seen as a dance between the performers and audience members, symbolizing the everyday communicative …
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Will the real lesbians please stand up? : butch/fem and creations of authentic lesbian identity
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1994.
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Investigating contemporary social commentary in South African performance: Theatre, stand-up comedy, rap and visual performance
… domains: theatre (Mike van Graan), stand-up comedy (Schalk Bezuidenhout), rap (Angie Oeh, Early B, and Van Pletzen), and visual art (Berni Searle, Brett Murray, and Steven Cohen). The study explored how artists interrogate questions of identity, inequality, memory and power. Drawing …
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Outside Looking In: Stand-Up Comedy, Rebellion, and Jewish Identity in Early Post-World War II America
… a dramatic transformation to the art of stand-up comedy. The young comedians, including Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, became critical of American Cold War policies and the McCarthyistic culture that loomed over the nation’s society. The new stand-up comics tapped into a growing subculture of …
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Stand up for Singapore? Gay men and the cultural politics of national belonging in the Lion City
This dissertation ethnographically examines how Chinese-Singaporean gay men articulate their aspirations for national belonging within a recalcitrant state and its nation-building programs. These men expose the artificiality of the nation and its categories of belonging. Even as the state compels …
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Open mic? Gender and the meritocratic myth of authenticity in the cultural production of stand-up comedy
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 109811 Lift date: 2021-02-07T20:44:35Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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Playing with stereotypes and building a queer community : race, sexuality and the stand-up comedy of Margaret Cho
This project interrogates stand-up comedian Margaret Cho’s queer community-building and cross-identification with her queer fans through her performance of sexual and racial stereotypes, including the fag hag, the Asian American immigrant, and the black drag queen. A close look at Cho’s work in …
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'Disabled women must stand up': exploring the leadership experiences of disabled women in disabled people's organisations in Zimbabwe
The aim of this study was to analyse the experiences of disabled women in leadership positions in DPOs in Zimbabwe. The literature review focused on the crosscutting issues of (1) leadership, gender and disability. (2) women and disability in Zimbabwe. and (3) the current structure of DPOs in …
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Social Loafing Construct Validity in Higher Education: How Well Do Three Measures of Social Loafing Stand Up to Scrutiny?
… analysis. Eigenvalues > 1 and Scree plots supported the number of factors extracted with primary factor loadings of .4 or higher. Pattern, structure, and factor correlation matrices were inspected for content, loadings, and correlations among the derived factors. Derived factors were …
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Developing comic text/s : representations and presentations of Jewish cultural identity through the integration of stand-up and domestic comedy
… deals with the integration of the forms of stand-up comedy and domestic comedy in order to create a comic text. The comic text explores issues regarding the presentation and representation of Jewish cultural identity. The integration results in both the experienced and imagined truths of the …
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It’s like being on a tight-rope : an ethnography of the working lives of professional stand-up comedians in the UK
… has tended to examine the personalities of stand-up comedians, this research contributes to a gap in the literature by ethnographically studying the working lives and lived experiences of professional stand-up comedians on the UK live comedy circuit. Ethnographic fieldwork took place over …
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