Essays about: "Bill Hicks"

Found 2 essays containing the words Bill Hicks.

1. 1. Stand-up Comedy Around the World: Americanisation and the role of globalised media

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Juan Sjöbohm; [2008]
   Keywords : Stand-up comedy; Americanisation; Globalisation; globalised media; Bill Hicks; Magnus Betnér; Hernán Jiménez; La Media Docena;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to determine how stand-up comedians outside the U.S. have succeeded to adapt the art of stand-up comedy to their own regional contexts and to define the extent of the influence of American comedians on comedians from other countries, discussing the concept of Americanisation and globalised media. READ MORE

3. 2. Voicing Opposition: Challenging Outlooks in the Stand-Up Comedy of Bill Hicks

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Henrik Sandén; [2007]
   Keywords : Stand-up comedy; Discourse Theory; Duality of Structure; re-interpretation re-negotiation of meaning.; Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this study I examine the way stand-up comedian Bill Hicks challenges authority and conventional ideas by re-interpreting signs and offering other ways of explaining social phenomena. The use of comedy for purposes of education and protest is central in the analysis of how the meaning of signs is challenged. READ MORE