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Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
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Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Ritual of Comedy: Expressions from the Young Indian Middle Class
- 3. Representing Brown Britain: A Review of South Asians in British Comedy
- 4. Creating Contact Zones Via Stand-Up Comedy and Defamiliarising the Construct of âIndiaâ: A Study of Vir Dasâs For India
- 5. Struggles of Indian Stand-up Comedians to Find the Line: Political, Legal, Religious, and Ethical Conundrums
- 6. The âSerious Business of Comedyâ: Indian Female Stand-Up Comedians and Their Political Roles
- 7. New Clowns in Town: Stand-Up Comics as Parrhesiastes and Flatterers
- 8. Looking at Political and Feminist Resistance Through Frames of Space-Time in Indian Stand-Up Comedies
- 9. Disparagement Humour as a Means for Social Exclusion: Examining the Day-to-Day Casteism in Indian Stand-Up Comedy
- 10. Creeping on You: The Politics of the âMessy Womanâ in the Comedy of Sumukhi Suresh
- 11. New Strategies of Public Engagement in Social Movements: Feminist Disability Activists Performing Stand-Up Comedy
- Back Matter