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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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24 October 2023

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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Pages: 274
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date:
24 October 2023
ISBN: 9783111358406
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
LIT004120 LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General
Michel Büch, University of Bremen, Germany