"A Good Story": On Black Abjection in Improv Comedy
This paper discusses Black absence in Improv Comedy as a symptom for the racial exclusion inherent in Humanism. Critiquing Enlightenment thought as the epistemological basis for Improv's liberatory and democratic ideals, I engage in deconstructive play with one of the era's central literar...
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Main Author: | Michel Büch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
2014-06-01
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Series: | Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/178 |
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