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Title: | From Comedy Targets to Comedy-Makers: Disability and Comedy in Live Performance |
Authors: | Lockyer, S |
Keywords: | disabled comedians;stand-up comedy;management and control;affirming disability |
Issue Date: | 27-Nov-2015 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Citation: | Lockyer, S. (2015) 'From comedy targets to comedy-makers: disability and comedy in live performance', Disability & Society, 30 (9), pp. 1397-1412. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1106402. |
Abstract: | The stand-up comedy landscape has been transformed in recent years with an increased number of disabled comedians performing. Via semi-structured interviews with disabled comedians, this article provides a thematic analysis of the material and ideological motives, intentions and lived experiences of disabled comedians. Two themes are discussed - comedy management and control; and affirming disability through comedy. These themes are characterised by complexity and contradictions. The article concludes that, although not a straightforward process, stand-up comedy enacted by disabled comedians is potentially a powerful tool through which hegemonic norms around disability can be challenged and renegotiated. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11823 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2015.1106402 |
ISSN: | 0968-7599 |
Appears in Collections: | Sociology Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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