Sharon Lockyer is Lecturer in Sociology and Communications, Brunel University. She is co-editor (with Michael Pickering) of Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour (2005).
Acknowledgements | p. vii |
Notes on Contributors | p. ix |
Character List | p. xiii |
Introduction: Britain, Britain, Little Britain… | p. 1 |
Narrative, Genre and Comedic Techniques | |
Analysing Little Britain as a Sketch Show | p. 19 |
Little Britain Live | p. 35 |
'Yeah but No but yeah': A Linguistic Perspective on the Humour of Little Britain | p. 53 |
Little Britain and Identity | |
How Little Britain Does 'Race' | p. 75 |
Chavs and Chav-nots: Social Class in Little Britain | p. 95 |
'Mischief and Monstrosity': Little Britain and Disability | p. 111 |
'The Only Feminist Critic in the Village?': Figuring Gender and Sexuality in Little Britain | p. 127 |
Little Britain and Inter/national Audiences | |
'I'm Anti-Little Britain, and I'm Worried I Might Start Laughing: Audience Responses to Little Britain | p. 147 |
Little Britain: An American Perspective | p. 171 |
p. 183 | |
Postscript: Little Britain USA | p. 209 |
Film, TV and Radio Guide | p. 215 |
Bibliography | p. 219 |
Index | p. 237 |
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