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Laughing in Horror: Hybrid Genre and the Grotesque Body in Psychoville
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Book chapters
pp. 1
Introduction: The Aesthetics and Politics of British TV Comedy
pp. 23
A Golden Age of British Sitcom? Hancock’s Half Hour and Steptoe and Son
pp. 36
‘Your Little Game’: Myth and War in Dad’s Army
pp. 51
‘The Struggle of Class against Class is a What Struggle?’ Monty Python’s Flying Circus and its Politics
pp. 66
The Rag Trade: ‘Everybody Out!’ Gender, Politics and Class on the Factory Floor
pp. 83
‘Sambo’ and ‘Snowflake’: Race and Race Relations in Love Thy Neighbour
pp. 99
‘You Snobs! You Stupid… Stuck-Up… Toffee-Nosed… Half-Witted… Upper-Class Piles of… Pus!’ Basil Fawlty’s Touch of Class and Other Hotel Matters in Fawlty Towers
pp. 114
Ignorant Master, Capable Servants: The Politics of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
pp. 136
Zany ‘Alternative Comedy’: The Young Ones vs. Margaret Thatcher
pp. 153
The Uses of History in Blackadder
pp. 167
Black British Comedy: Desmond’s and the Changing Face of Television
pp. 185
Laughing at Racism or Laughing with the Racists? The ‘Indian Comedy’ of Goodness Gracious Me
pp. 197
Exploding Family Values, Lampooning Feminism, Exposing Consumerism: Absolutely Fabulous
pp. 212
Comic Strategies of Inclusion and ‘Normalisation’ in The Vicar of Dibley
pp. 225
Subverting the Sitcom from Within: Form, Ideology and Father Ted
pp. 240
‘The Lady of the House Speaking’: The Conservative Portrayal of English Class Stereotypes in Keeping Up Appearances
pp. 254
Family Life in Front of the Telly: The Royle Family
pp. 265
Old Jokes: One Foot in the Grave, Comedy and the Elderly
pp. 281
Spin, Swearing and Slapstick: The Thick of It
pp. 295
Life is Stationary: Mockumentary and Embarrassment in The Office
pp. 311
From Ever-Lusting Individuals to Ever-Lasting Couples: Coupling and Emotional Capitalism
pp. 326
The Comic Nation: Little Britain and the Politics of Representation
pp. 341
Laughing in Horror: Hybrid Genre and the Grotesque Body in Psychoville
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