The Blue Collar Comedy Tour
Southern Fried Humor in the Context of Class Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18950964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Hauhart (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 269-279 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14797580802522143 |
| OpenAlex | W2132883682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
A popular culture phenomenon of some note over the last few years has been the emergence, and substantial popular and commercial success, of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. The Tour, and related movies, books, television series and specials, and spin‐off merchandise, consists of joint appearances by four established American comics who have developed comic personas based on stereotypical ideas, jokes and representations of "blue‐collar" or "redneck" behavior and lifestyles. The success of the Tour, and its individual members, is analyzed in light of the role comedy plays in a highly stratified class society such as the United States
Advertising · Art · Blue collar · Collar · Comedy · Comic strip · Comics · Humanities · Literature · Media studies · Persona · Phenomenon · Popular culture · Sociology · Visual arts · American Literature and Humor Studies · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Humor Studies and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |