Overview
- Explores the interconnections between comedy and punk studies
- Focuses on a key moment in the history of comedy, the ‘punk turn’, and its continuing legacy in the way stand-up comedy has developed
- Undertakes a comparative study of the punk and alternative comedy scene in the UK
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy (PSCOM)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the interconnections between punk and alternative comedy (altcom). It explores how punk’s tendency towards humour and parody influenced the trajectory taken by altcom in the UK, and the punk strategies introduced when altcom sought self-definition against dominant established trends. The Punk Turn in Comedy considers the early promise of punk-comedy convergence in Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s ‘Derek and Clive’, and discusses punk and altcom’s attitudes towards dominant traditions. The chapters demonstrate how punk and altcom sought a direct approach for critique, one that rejected innuendo, while embracing the ‘amateur’ in style and experimenting with audience-performer interaction. Giappone argues that altcom tended to be more consistently politicised than punk, with a renewed emphasis on responsibility. The book is a timely exploration of the ‘punk turn’ in comedy history, and will speak to scholars of both comedy and punk studies.
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About the author
Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone is Lecturer of English at the University of Malta, and member of the Centre for Critical Thought at the University of Kent, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Punk Turn in Comedy
Book Subtitle: Masks of Anarchy
Authors: Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Comedy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72841-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72840-7Published: 06 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10275-3Published: 25 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72841-4Published: 24 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-4332
Series E-ISSN: 2731-4340
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 254
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Culture , Audio-Visual Culture, Music, Comedy Studies