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This study originates in the observation that improv comedy or improvised theater has such a vast majority of white people practicing it, while other improvisational or comedic art forms (jazz, fre...
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  • 21 February 2022
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This study originates in the observation that improv comedy or improvised theater has such a vast majority of white people practicing it, while other improvisational or comedic art forms (jazz, freestyle rap, stand up) are historically grounded in and marked as Black cultural production. What it is about improv that makes it such a white space? Can an absence be an object of study? If so, what is there to study? Where should one look?

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Price: $134.99
Pages: 274
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 21 February 2022
ISBN: 9783110752670
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: LIT004120 LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General
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Michel Büch, University of Bremen, Germany