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Comedy and Distinction: The Cultural Currency of a ‘Good’ Sense of Humour (CRESC)

by Sam Friedman

2014 240 pages eng

"Comedy is currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the recent economic downturn, it has exploded into a booming billion-pound industry, both on TV and on the live circuit. Despite this, academia has so far largely ignored comedy. Indeed, the majority of…

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