Cult British TV comedy

Cult British TV comedyThis book is the first sustained critical analysis of Cult British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines post alternative comedy as both cult and quality TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan.

Drawing on ethnography

each play is studied in relation to a particular social or ethical topic addressed in the work

One solution to West Indian problems after 1940 was to transform sugarcane into a raw material for making synthetics

the north and south

different forms of commemoration and over two centuries

and draws on analysis of a wide range of literary and non-literary texts to illustrate its new more materialist approach

Jatinder Verma

A study of the Bond phenomenon and its relation to the rise of playboy culture from the 1960s onwards

As more and more of our textual communication moves into the digital realm we have reached a crucial moment in the history of textual transmission

Bringing together contributors from dance

The first book to address the specific topic of the intersection the processes of conflict transformation devolution and with daily life in Northern Ireland in a rigorous and systematic fashion

This edited collection of essays