The Oxford handbook of screen comedy / Peter C. Kunze, William V. Costanzo, [editors].
| Other author | Kunze, Peter C. (Peter Christopher) |
| Other author | Costanzo, William V. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025. |
| Description | volumes cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Literature |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Literature 2025 Collection |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford handbooks series |
| Contents | Introduction / William V. Costanzo and Peter C. Kunze -- Regenerating "radical romantic comedy" for the twenty-first century / Maria San Filippo -- Romcoms without 'men' : the ongoing reconstruction of masculinity in the streaming era / John Alberti -- Narrative structures of the French comédie Communautaire : 2008-2017 / John Bennett -- A humorous geographic expression : north versus south in Italian Film / Delia Chiaro -- Everyday politics of Black women's late-night comedy / Jessyka Finley -- Netflix, Aziz Ansari, and the comedian as auteur / Meenasarani Linde Murugan -- Seven takes on the blooper reel / Annie Berke -- The laugh track / Brett Mills -- Gag cinema : the explicit turn in popular film comedy / Josh Moss -- Transing the body swap comedy / Frances Smith -- Television comedy, the branded self, and Hacks's inter-generational critique / Leigh Edwards -- Eddie Murphy's last laugh / Brittney Michelle Edmonds -- Apocalyptic laughter, A Black lady sketch show, and satire as the world ends / Danielle Fuentes Morgan -- Dolemite Is my name, Black queer visibility, blaxploitation, and the momentary backstudio biopic / Ken Feil -- Maid in Latin America : on the trajectory of domestic service film comedies / Juan Poblete -- American comedies, imperial heritage / Judith Yaross Lee -- Theorizing feminist+ uses of humor as erotic joy and power / Cynthia Willett and Julie Willett -- From the tramp to Trump : on sovereignty and screen comedy / Paul Flaig -- Not brought to you by ZBC : comedy, state censorship, and the Internet in Zimbabwe / Florence Madenga -- Transformation in the North Korean film and television industry / Immanuel Kim -- Cynicism in contemporary Chinese comedy films / Bruce Yun-Hang Lai -- Satirical liberals and superior conservatives : the asymmetry of U.S. political humor / Darin DeWitt and Nicole Seymour -- Hipster post-irony and humor on social media / David Gurney -- Conspiracy, memetic irony, and the cultural style of aggrieved entitlement / Viveca Greene -- The tech-onomy of stand-up comedy / Rebecca Krefting -- Millennial authenticity and the stand-up comedy special / Michelle Robinson -- Abuela's a trickster and other millennial inventions of Latinidad on digital media / Rocío León -- Netflix, comedy, and the algorithmic absurdity of I think you should leave / Nick Marx -- Absurdity, Twitter comedy, and humor bots / Jenny Sundén and Susanna Paasonen -- Cyborg laughter / Robert J. King. |
| Abstract | "The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy Studies offers a rich sampling of the most current research and evolving trends in a vast and growing field: the study of humor in movies, television, streaming content, social media, and other forms of mediated comedy. The thirty new essays in this volume, written by leading scholars and emerging researchers, are guideposts to where the field is now and where it's heading. By its very nature, comedy eludes definition and crosses boundaries. Trying to grab the wriggling creature and subject it to analysis presents special challenges. The contributors apply a range of methods to analyse case histories, interpret trends, and theorize the changing face of comedy. Some celebrate the diverse pleasures of laughter; some critique its more nefarious practices and warn of salient dangers. Together, they bring insights from feminist, black, and queerness studies, focus on issues of identity and ideology, extend and revise notions of historical development, and follow the migration of comic forms into territories like Latin America, China, North Korea, and South Africa. The broad aim of this book is to increase awareness of these exciting studies and inspire more productive exploration as the field continues to grow"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024060226 |
| ISBN | 9780197675502 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |