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Publication details [#65623]

Akinwumi Sesan, Azeez. 2018. Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy. The European Journal of Humour Research 6 (4) : 10–23.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies

Annotation

This paper handles narrative and discursive strategies of class-selective and occasion-driven ace AY and Elenu's stand-up comedy in Nigeria. Data are gathered via media mediated performances (MMP) on VCD. Data on the discursive strategies, topicality and subject matter of AY and Elenu’s jokes are assayed and debated.