{"product_id":"stand-up-comedy-in-africa-9783838216089","title":"Stand-Up Comedy in Africa: Humour in Popular Languages and Media","description":"\u003cp\u003eWondering how people manage to laugh in the face of unrelenting political assault is one thing; puzzling at the explosion of stand-up comedy across Africa is another. With the former, one ponders the question of social resilience among agents desperate to rescue and preserve dignity and self-worth; with the latter, one launches a sociological inquest into the emergence and diverse facets of an industry that has taken full advantage of all the affordances of the emergent techno-media. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStand-up Comedy in Africa is a timely, interdisciplinary survey of an art form whose ubiquity prompts sundry technical, artistic, and political questions. For those seeking critical guidance on the ethics and praxes of popular performance in Africa, this is as good a place as any to start.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Izuu Nwankwọ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838216083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838216089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.75w x 0.87d","brand":"Izuu Nwankw\u0026#7885;","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079442198783,"sku":"9783838216089","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5038606-164d-4a14-ab1c-447e42bb7ac2.jpg?v=1685481166","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stand-up-comedy-in-africa-9783838216089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}