A Companion to Film Comedy (eBook)

A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety
and complexity of film comedy from the 'silent' days to
the present, this authoritative guide offers an international
perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its
formative social, cultural and political context



* A wide-ranging collection of 24 essays exploring film comedy
from the silent era to the present

* International in scope, the collection embraces not just
American cinema, including Native American and African American,
but also comic films from Europe, the Middle East, and Korea

* Essays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural
perspectives such as gender, politics, and history in addition to
individual works

* Engages with different strands of comedy including slapstick,
romantic, satirical and ironic

* Features original entries from a diverse group of
multidisciplinary international contributors