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Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
Title
Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy [electronic resource] / edited by Richa Chilana, Rashi Bhargava.
ISBN
9783031394270
Edition
1st ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XXIII, 240 p.) 7 illus.
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Summary
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. Richa Chilana is Senior Assistant Professor at School of Liberal Studies, UPES, Dehradun, India. Rashi Bhargava is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ University, Bengaluru, India.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2024
Series
Palgrave Studies in Comedy,
Contents
Introduction by Richa Chilana and Rashi Bhargava
Laughing about and from the Periphery
Das, Shayeri- Disparagement Humour as a Means for Social Exclusion: Examining the Day-to-Day Casteism in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
Chakravarti, Mahashweta-The 'Serious Business of Comedy': Indian Female Stand-Up Comedians and their Political Roles
Rele Sathe, Namrata-Creeping on You: The Politics of the Messy Woman in the comedy of Sumukhi Suresh
Pande, Neha-What's funny to Daniel Fernandes might not be funny to Aditi Mittal
Politics of Language and Wordplay
Banerjett, Maumita-Jokes for all: Language, and Challenges of Contemporary Indian Stand-up Comedy
Jyothsna, K S -L for Librocubicularist: Soul searching with key words that nobody is searching for
Where do we draw the line-Patel, Arun- New Clowns in Town: Stand-up comics as parrhesiastes and flatters
Singh, Pankaj-Struggles of Indian Stand-up Comedians to Find the Line
Comedy and Contact Zones
Ishtiaq, Shanzeh-Comedy Across the Borders/Cracking(up) Queer Comedy in Pakistan and India
Kay, Kavyta-Representing Brown Britain - Asian voices in British Comedy
Nair, Ashwathy-Creating Contact Zones via Stand-up Comedy: Defamiliarizing the Construct of 'India'
Miller, Zubin - The ritual of comedy: expressions from the young Indian middle-class.
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