Reading Little Britain

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).

• AcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors Character ListIntroduction: Britain, Britain, Britain (Sharon Lockyer)PART 1: Narrative, Genre and Comedic Techniques1) Analysing Little Britain as a Sketch Show (Ian Mowatt) 2) Little Britain Live (Stephen Lacey)3) ‘Yeah but no but yeah’: A Linguistic Perspective on the Humour of Little Britain (Julia Snell)PART 2: Little Britain and Identity 4) ‘I can’t believe you just said that’: Figuring Gender and Sexuality in Little Britain (Deborah Finding)5) How Little Britain does ‘race’ (Sarita Malik) 6) ‘Mischief and Monstrosity’: Little Britain and Disability (Margaret Montgomerie) 7) Chavs, Chav-nots and Anyone-in-between: Social Class in Little Britain (Sharon Lockyer)PART 3: Little Britain and Inter/national Audiences8) ‘I’m anti-Little Britain, and I’m worried I might start laughing’: Audience Responses to Little Britain (Brett Mills)9) Little Britain: An American Perspective (Arthur Asa Berger)10) ‘In English please!’ Lost in Translation: Little Britain and Italian Audiences (Delia Chiaro) POSTSCRIPT: Little Britain USA (Kim Akass)Figure 1: Comparison of Anderson’s (1997) results with the speech of Vicky PollardFilm, TV and Radio GuideBibliographyIndex

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