Irreverence Rules: The Politics of Authenticity and the Carnivalesque Aesthetic in Black South African Women's Stand‐Up Comedy

ABSTRACT This article argues that the aesthetic practices of black women stand‐ups in South Africa take up the concrete ways black people all over the world use performances, within theatrical or everyday practices, to create, shape, and transform their worlds. Reading stand‐up as a genre of diaspor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of aesthetics and art criticism 2020-09, Vol.78 (4), p.437-450
1. Verfasser:	FINLEY, JESSYKA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aesthetics Authenticity Black culture Black people Colonialism Diaspora Politics Racism Stand-up comedy Transnationalism Women
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