ColdTowne Theater : exploring disaster humor

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dc.contributor.advisorMaxwell, Madeline M.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrowning, Larryen
dc.creatorParker, Sarah Anneen
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-27T18:43:41Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:25:28Z
dc.date.available2012-06-27T18:43:41Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2012en
dc.date.updated2012-06-27T18:43:48Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractDisaster humor is a category of humor research that has not been much explored in terms of live audience reactions, something this study undertakes at a small improvisational theater in Austin, Texas. In generating the typology of jokes at this particular theater, instances of disaster humor in live performance were collected, coded and compared in terms of categorization and audience reaction. Ultimately this small study produced a promising look at the relationship between joke acceptance and what it meant for intergroup identity as a community, which should be further explored in future research; recommendations for this are made at the close of this work.en
dc.description.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5684en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5684en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectHumoren
dc.subjectDisaster humoren
dc.subjectImproven
dc.titleColdTowne Theater : exploring disaster humoren
dc.title.alternativeExploring disaster humoren
dc.type.genrethesisen

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