Comedy Scholarship (beyond the book)

A Vulgar Art came out in 2014 and, notwithstanding a few pauses to cleanse the soul and to take a stab at some other areas of research, I continue to work away at it. Currently there are three articles or book chapters in various forms of “in press.” Hopefully I’ll add those soon, but, y’know, jinx.

Articles and Book Chapters

“Is Stand-up Comedy Art?” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78.4 (2020): 401–418.

“Trudging through Time’s Trenches: Reflections on Larry Fulford.” In Patrice Oppliger and Eric Shouse, eds., The Dark Side of Stand-up Comedy, New York and London: 308–315. London: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2020.

“‘I don’t like my work’: A response to Lindfors [Spatiotemporal Management of Stand-Up Performance: Narration and Gestures.]” Cultural Analysis 16.2 (2018): 72–79. 

“Pretend News, False News, Fake News: The Onion as Put-On, Prank, and Legend.” Journal of American Folklore 131.522 (2018): 451–459. 

Reference articles

“The Onion,” “George Carlin,” and “John Oliver.” In American Political Humor: Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture, ed. J.C. Baumgartner. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

“Stand-up comedy.” Encyclopedia of Humor Studies, ed. Salvatore Attardo, 2:733–737. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2014.