ISBN: 9780312058302 - can you say a few words (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. From the self-abasements of Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce's provocations to the present-day culture warring over figures like Dave Chappelle and Hannah Gadsby, comedians have always been not simply entertainers, but charismatic observers of (and participants in) social anxieties and pathologies. Performers as varied as Mort Sahl, Richard Pryor, Margaret Cho, and Louis CK have courted both devotion and outrage at various points in their careers, as they cavort at the outer extremities of taboo, good taste, and received opinion.In>God's Fools: Laughing Saints, Delirious Prophets, and the Sacred Makers of Comedy, religion and literature scholar Jason Crawford gives a penetrating and surprising look at the social role that comedians play by placing them in their proper historical lineage--one that begins not with vaudeville and minstrelsy but with the mystics, martyrs, and misfits of the premodern Judeo-Christian world. In Crawford's expansive account, comedians like Chaplin and Chappelle mingle with such motley historical figures as St. Francis of Assisi, the first-century rabbi Akiba, and the Shakespearean collaborator Robert Armin. In lively and memorable character sketches, Crawford reveals the compelling through-lines that connect these figures to modern comedians, showing how, they attract devotion as exemplars of bad behavior--of a shabbiness transfigured by mystical insight--and act as lightning rods for rejection and punishment during times of deep cultural division.…

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Zustand: Very Good. : Este libro de Joan Detz es una guía práctica para preparar y pronunciar discursos breves en diversas ocasiones, como presentaciones de premios, dedicatorias, eulogios, bodas y más. Ofrece consejos sobre cómo superar el nerviosismo y mejorar el estilo y la entrega del discurso. Ideal para aquellos que buscan mejorar sus habilidades de oratoria y comunicación en público. EAN: 9780312058302 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Educación Título: Can You Say a Few Words? Autor: Joan Detz Editorial: St Martins Pr Idioma: en Páginas: 182 Formato: tapa blanda. …