[ecrea] Reading Little Britain: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television edited by Sharon Lockyer

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>READING LITTLE BRITAIN: Comedy Matters on Contemporary Television
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>Edited by Sharon Lockyer (I.B.Tauris, 2010)
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>Little Britain was an instant hit when it first 
>appeared on British television in 2003. Written 
>and performed by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, 
>this satirical character-based sketch show, 
>which grew out of a radio comedy series, 
>introduced audiences to an assortment of 
>contemporary characters from Dafydd 'I'm the 
>only gay in the village' through to Thai 
>mail-order bride Ting Tong Macadangdang. It 
>moved from cult-comedy status to become a 
>mainstream award-winning show and from a 
>national to an international television comedy 
>phenomenon. Although hugely popular, Little 
>Britain has been criticised for pushing the 
>boundaries of taste too far, for being 
>grotesquely politically incorrect, and for 
>engaging in the 'humour of humiliation'.
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>This timely and comprehensive book brings 
>together for the first time critically engaging 
>perspectives on Little Britain. It explores the 
>appeal of Little Britain and dissects the 
>controversies caused by the programme. Topics 
>covered by leading writers include comedy and 
>representations of gender, sexuality, race, 
>disability, and social class; sketch-show 
>conventions; comedy crossover from television to 
>theatre; comedy catchphrases; national and 
>international audience responses; and more. 
>Reading Little Britain is a must-read book for scholars, students and fans.
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>Sharon Lockyer is a Lecturer in Sociology and 
>Communications at Brunel University. She 
>researches in the areas of the sociology of 
>mediated culture and critical humour studies. 
>She is co-editor (with Michael Pickering) of 
>Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour (Palgrave, 2005, 2009).
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>Contents
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>Character List
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>Introduction: Britain, Britain, Little Britain ... (Sharon Lockyer)
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>PART 1: Narrative, Genre and Comedic Techniques
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>1) Analysing Little Britain as a Sketch Show (Ian Mowatt)
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>2) Little Britain Live (Stephen Lacey)
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>3) 'Yeah but no but yeah': A Linguistic 
>Perspective on the Humour of Little Britain (Julia Snell)
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>PART 2: Little Britain and Identity
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>4) How Little Britain does 'Race' (Sarita Malik)
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>5) Chavs and Chav-nots: Social Class in Little Britain (Sharon Lockyer)
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>6) Mischief and Monstrosity': Little Britain and 
>Disability (Margaret Montgomerie)
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>7) 'The Only Feminist Critic in the Village?: 
>Figuring Gender and Sexuality in Little Britain (Deborah Finding)
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>PART 3: Little Britain and Inter/national Audiences
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>8) 'I'm anti-Little Britain, and I'm worried I 
>might start laughing': Audience Responses to Little Britain (Brett Mills)
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>9) Little Britain: An American Perspective (Arthur Asa Berger)
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>10) 'In English please!' Lost in Translation: 
>Little Britain and Italian Audiences (Delia Chiaro)
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>Postscript: Little Britain USA (Kim Akass)
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>Film, TV and Radio Guide
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>Bibliography
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>Index
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