A Vulgar Art: A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Ian Brodie (Author), M.J. McGalliard (Narrator), University Press Audiobooks (Publisher)

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In A Vulgar Art, Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study it often begin by relating it to something they recognize - "literature" or "theatre"; "editorial" or "morality" - and analyze it accordingly. A Vulgar Art begins with a more fundamental observation: Someone is standing in front of a group of people, talking to them directly, and trying to make them laugh. So this book takes the moment of performance as its focus: stand-up comedy is a collaborative act between the comedian and the audience.

Although the form of talk on the stage resembles talk among friends and intimates in social settings, stand-up comedy remains a profession. As such, it requires performance outside of the comedian's own community to gain larger and larger audiences. How do comedians recreate that atmosphere of intimacy in a room full of strangers? This book regards everything from microphones to clothing and LPs to Twitter as strategies for bridging the spatial, temporal, and socio-cultural distances between the performer and the audience.

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8 hours and 52 minutes
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Ian Brodie
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M.J. McGalliard
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Nov. 30 2015
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English
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University Press Audiobooks
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B072LB5D98
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 52 minutes
Author	Ian Brodie
Narrator	M.J. McGalliard
Audible.ca Release Date	November 30 2015
Publisher	University Press Audiobooks
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B072LB5D98
Best Sellers Rank	#232,464 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #409 in Study of Customs & Traditions #448 in Comedic Performing Arts #739 in Popular Culture Studies (Audible Books & Originals)

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