Comic Performativities - Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication

List of contents

Introduction: what Rock Said: Don't Tweet This

1. Ironic Performativity: Amy Schumer and the Conventions of Embodiment


2. The End of the Discussion: The Crisis of Judgment


3. The joke is on YOU: Audience Contexts, Criticisms, and Investments


4. "We Saw Your Boobs": "Bro Camp" and Subversive Coaching


5. Conclusion: Racial Humor and Performing White Innocence

References

About the author

Dustin Bradley Goltz PhD, MFA, is an Associate Professor of Performance Studies in The College of Communication at DePaul University. He is a scholar and artist and has authored several works, including Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation (2009) and Queer Praxis (2015).

Product details

• Authors: Dustin Goltz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138742604
• ISBN: 978-1-138-74260-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Communication Studies, Performing arts: comedy, Comedy and stand-up