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Description of  Politics of Recognition and Representation in Indian Stand-Up Comedy (Palgrave Studies in Comedy)

3031394267 rar 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. Read more