Standup Comedy In Theory, Or, Abjection In America (New Americanists),New University of Pittsburgh Press After Fifteen Years Of Growing

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Standup Comedy In Theory, Or, Abjection In America (New Americanists),New University of Pittsburgh Press After Fifteen Years Of GrowingStandup Comedy In Theory, Or, Abjection In America Is The First Study Of Standup Comedy As A Form Of Art. John Limon Appreciates And Analyzes The Specific Practice Of Standup Itself, Moving Beyond Theories Of The Joke, Of The Comic, And Of Comedy In General To Read Standup Through The Lens Of Literary And Cultural Theory. Limon Argues That Standup Is An Artform Best Defined By Its Fascination With The Abject, Julia Kristevas Term For Those Aspects Of