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Because I Tell a Joke or Two by Stephen Wagg, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Stephen Wagg

Current price: $266.50
Because I Tell a Joke or Two by Stephen Wagg, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Because I Tell a Joke or Two by Stephen Wagg, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Because I Tell a Joke or Two by Stephen Wagg, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Stephen Wagg

Current price: $266.50
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Size: 1.2 x 9 x 1.5

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Because I Tell a Joke or Twoexplores the complex relationship between comedy and the social differences of class, region, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and nationhood. It shows how comedy has been used to sustain, challenge and to change power relationships in society. The contributors, who include Stephen Wagg, Mark Simpson, Stephen Small, Paul Wells and Frances Williams, offer readings of comedy genres, texts and performers in Britain, the United States and Australia. The collection also includes an interview with the comedian Jo Brand. Topics addressed include:* women in British comedies such asButterfliesandFawlty Towers* the life and times ofViz, fromBilly the Fishto theFat Slags* queer readings ofMorecambe and Wise, the male double act* the Marx brothers and Jewish comedy in the United States* black radical comedy in Britain*The Golden Girls, Cheers, Friendsand American society. | Because I Tell a Joke or Two by Stephen Wagg, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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