Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy (eBook)

Richa Chilana, Rashi Bhargava (Herausgeber)

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2024
240 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-39427-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book, first of its kind in the Indian context, brings together both a theoretical understanding of various aspects of the humour, aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy, and case studies of various forms of stand-up comedy in India. This volume is interdisciplinary wherein the contributors raise pertinent issues about the role of stand-up comedy in India in contemporary times. With an increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form, stand-up comedy in India cannot be ignored anymore. The book includes chapters on Indian stand-up comedy related to the themes of: interrogating the term ‘Indian stand-up comedy’; historical lineage of stand-up in India; the politics of language and laughter; ‘charged humour’ vs ‘safe’/profitable comedy; stand-up comics as parrhesiastes, performance of the self and comic personas; comedy and other forms of artistic expression; laughter clubs, urbanism and stand-up comedy; surveillance, censorship and trolling; the economy of production and consumption of stand-up comedy and the ‘silences’ and limitations in the contemporary form of stand-up in India.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Comedy
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 240 p. 7 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Identity • India • Politics • Representation • standup comedy • Surveillance
• ISBN-10: 3-031-39427-5 / 3031394275
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-39427-0 / 9783031394270