Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, Or, Abjection in America

Author/Contributor(s):	Limon, John
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	06/23/2000
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"John Limon's book opens up exciting new possibilities in cultural studies. Stand-up comedy--manic, smutty, abusive, improvisatory--has up to now evaded academic critics, as if its pleasures were too volatile for examination. Limon carries off the feat--rarely achieved by analysts of humour--of taking comedy seriously without spoiling the jokes."--Maud Ellmann, University of Cambridge