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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"standup comedy"”.
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Lucid, Likable, and Hopefully Sane: The Narrative Medicine of Socio-Psychiatric Recovery
… post-traumatic stress disorder, the art of standup comedy, and cross-diagnoses friendships – all within the context of an American, late-stage capitalist system. This long list of topics is matched by the wide range of genres employed through the duration of this text. Within an adult …
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What is Really Funny: Humor Ahead of Its Time in the Twentieth Century American Novel
… a Black female voice lands her on an informal standup comedy stage. <em>Lolita</em> (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov walks a tightrope of taboo subject matter, encouraging readers to appropriately—though maybe uncomfortably—laugh at the inappropriate, and this decades before such routines like that …
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Serving the Lord with Gladness: Situating Christian Humor in Three Historical Contexts
… synthesizing humor and Christianity. Christian standup comedians present an interesting case study as they are simultaneously entertainers and evangelists. In short, contemporary Christian standup comedians are heirs to the tradition of pulpit jesting.