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Abstracts:
- » In her chapter on rape testimony in stand-up comedy, for instance, Melanie Proulx examines both the structure of and response to a comedy show specifcally by and about rape survivors. Proulx compellingly discusses the positive effects and affects of testimony as an agentic form of catharsis for survivors, and the ways in which feminist approaches to rape jokes—which provide a systemic critique of rape culture—challenge dominant understandings of sexual violence both within and beyond the comedic sphere.« (Source: Stephanie Patrick and Mythili Rajiva. »Introduction.« The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media: Turning to the Margins. Edited by Stephanie Patrick et al. Cham 2022: 17)

- »This book chapter examines the Canadian stand-up comedy show Rape Is Real and Everywhere (2017) through the lenses of affect theory, trauma studies, and humor studies, to hypothesize why sexual violence survivors are increasingly divulging their traumatic experiences through stand-up comedy. The author begins by arguing that testimonial stand-up allows survivors to gain back a sense of agency by criticizing the dominant culture that enabled their trauma to happen in the first place. Next, the author hypothesizes that survivors experience catharsis through the creation of healing ritual performances, social performances with the (un)conscious intent to help the performer psychologically heal from trauma by asserting control over the traumatic memories being testified. The added use of humor in these performances helps prevent survivors from becoming overwhelmed and retraumatized.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Contents:

	8.1 Introduction (p. 143)
	8.2 Methodology (p. 144)
	8.3 Rape Jokes as Subversive Performances (p. 147)
	8.4 Testimonial Stand-Up Comedy as a Healing Ritual Performance (p. 150)
	8.5 Conclusion (p. 157)
	References (p. 157)

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