Comedy Against Work

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The Audience for Comedy Against Work includes:Comedy fans. There are many non-academic and academic readers interested in the history of comedy, theories of comedy, and cultural criticism about comedy. Comedy studies is a growing field in academia, and popular discourse about comedy is also on the rise.Anti-work readers ranging from old-school anarchists to young DSA members. In many ways this book appeals to readers who might have been introduced to these concepts through Sarah Jaffe or any number of popular anti-work writers today, and who might want to explore these themes further in a more specific context.Feminists and killjoys. Meets a desire for a broad critique of sexism and sexual violence as working conditions in the comedy industry, following more attention to these issues in #MeToo. Lane-McKinley's reading of #MeToo is in explicitly anti-work terms and is an attempt to articulate feminism outside the terms of a capitalist work ethic (e.g., 'lean in').Young, precocious readers. This book offers is an introduction to some key concepts in Marxist-feminism, literary theory, anti-work politics, and utopian studies, and also some of the fundamental historical narratives of comedy, including film and television. It has a kind of older-sibling sharing their record collection vibe, if that makes sense, and appeals to readers wanting some rigor, but also some fun.Readers of autotheory and auto-ethnography. Readers who are not grabbed by the comedy, anti-work, and utopia/dystopia framework will be intrigued by the narrative approach of this para-academic text and its experimentation with the tradition of écriture feminine and different aspects of cultural criticism. Will attract a growing creative nonfiction audience.