Women comedians in the digital age : media work and critical reputations after Trump /
This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the United States, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations and become political activists. This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is c...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2023].
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Series: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies.
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Summary: | This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the United States, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations and become political activists. This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is changing comedy, empowering women to create new comic forms and negotiate the contentious political climate incited by former President Donald. J. Trump. Chapters are focused on video-podcasting, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and the streaming platform Netflix, each containing informative case studies on significant women comedians who use them, including Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Mindy Kaling, Colleen Ballinger, Lilly Singh, Ms. Pat, Whitney Cummings, Issa Rae and others. To understand their strategies, this book examines the popularity of their digital content, their career-outcomes in television and film, as well as the ups and downs of their critical reputations in magazines, newspapers, the trade press and with their participatory audiences online. This insightful and timely work will appeal to scholars researching and teaching in the areas of media studies, digital communication, gender studies and performance. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 208 pages ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781032213422 1032213426 9781032215020 103221502X |