Alex Symons (LIM College, New York City, USA)

Women Comedians in the Digital Age

Media Work and Critical Reputations After Trump

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781032215020
• ISBN-10: 103221502X
• Artikelnr.: 66268630

Autorenporträt

Alex Symons is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at LIM College, New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Advantages and Adverse Effects: How Digital Work Empowers Women
Comedians in Trump's America 2. Women Comedians' Video Podcasting on
YouTube: How Complex Authenticity Cultivates Fans 3. Women Comedians
Trapped on TikTok: The Opportunities and Limitations of Cringey,
Intersectional Comedy 4. Witty Women on Twitter: Collaborative Reputation
Making, Anti-Fandom, and Harnessing the Trolls 5.Conformity with Comic
Subversion: How Women Comedians Shape their Reputations using Instagram
6.Women Comedians' Working Practices on YouTube: The Sometimes-Difficult
Transition to Television 7. Netflix's Calculated Risks in Comedy: Unlikely
Women's First Stand-up Specials 8. Trump's War with Women Satirists on
Television: How Carnivalesque Comedy Generates Digital Redistribution 9.
Participatory Audiences in Trump's Cancel Culture: How Women
Comedian-Activists Survive and Earn Prestige 10. Conclusions