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Everything, and This: Stand-Up Comedy Audio Recordings and the Avant-Garde

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This dissertation explores mid-twentieth century US stand-up comedy recordings and how they elaborate upon definitions of the avant-garde in theatre and performance studies. Weaving theories of comedy, aesthetics, radical performance, and sound studies, I argue for the reconceptualization of the avant-garde as an intellectual impulse outside of the parameters of...

Keyword:

belle barth, richard pryor, stand-up comedy, jackie "moms" mabley, voice, and avant-garde

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Creator:

Russell, Eleanor

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/01/2021

Date Created:

2020-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_785832 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15430