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2020 Iggad Conference Program, Charles Joyner Institute For Gullah And African Diaspora Studies
2020 Iggad Conference Program, Charles Joyner Institute For Gullah And African Diaspora Studies
IGGAD Conference Programs
Program of the 2020 IGGAD Conference: Without Borders: Tracing the Cultural, Archival, and Political African Diaspora.
Relationships Between Dress And Gender In A Context Of Cultural Change, Alyssa Dana Adomaitis, Diana Saiki, Kim K. P. Johnson
Relationships Between Dress And Gender In A Context Of Cultural Change, Alyssa Dana Adomaitis, Diana Saiki, Kim K. P. Johnson
Publications and Research
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Hannah Gadsby’S Nanette: Connection Through Comedy, Sheila Lintott
Hannah Gadsby’S Nanette: Connection Through Comedy, Sheila Lintott
Faculty Journal Articles
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) is a brilliant and masterful work of comedy in which Gadsby announces she is quitting comedy. In this article, I draw on classical and contemporary humor theory to explore the comedic content of Nanette and critique Gadsby’s reasons for quitting. Although I largely agree with Gadsby’s concerns about comedy, I argue that the very show in which she presents them, Nanette, stands as evidence against their universal truth. Gadsby argues that comedy is no longer conducive to her health for at least three related reasons. First, the selfdeprecatory comedy out of which she has built her …