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100 1 _aMedhurst, Andy.
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245 1 0 _aA national joke :
_bpopular comedy and English cultural identities /
_cAndy Medhurst.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c(c)2007.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) :
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336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tConcerning comedy --
_tNotions of nation --
_tEnglishnesses --
_tMusic hall: Contours and legacies --
_tOur gracious queens: English comedy's effeminate tradition --
_tLads in love: Gender and togetherness in the male double act --
_tThirty nibbles at the same cherry: Why the 'Carry Ons' carry on --
_tBermuda my arse: Class, culture and 'The Royle Family' --
_tAnatomising England: Alan Bennett, Mike Leigh, Victoria Wood --
_tTogetherness through offensiveness: The importance of Roy 'Chubby' Brown --
_tConclusion: A national sense of humour?
520 8 _aIn 'A National Joke', Andy Medhurst investigates the Englishness of a century of English comedy. Using case studies of comic traditions and representations, the author shows how comedy plays a key role in the construction of cultural identity.
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650 0 _aComedy films
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aTelevision comedies
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aEnglish wit and humor
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aNational characteristics, English.
650 0 _aEnglish.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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