"This book contextualizes contemporary stand-up comedy within the wider socio-political terrain of neoliberal capitalism, contributing to a more complex and developed understanding of the relation of jokes and humor to the unconscious mind in its relation to ideology and discourse"--.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Sketching the Terrain of Stand-Up Comedy
• 2 The Resurgence of Stand-Up Comedy
• 3 The Ideological Situation of Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy
• 4 The Comedic Performance as Dissensus
• 5 Relocating the Political Dimension of Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author