Performative masculinities in Basketmouth’s stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is the performance of culture and identities. The aim of this paper is to explore the performance of gender identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. Specifically, the analysis focuses on the discourse construction of manliness in the comedy material of Basketmouth, a leading Nigerian s...

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Main Author: Ibukun Filani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Africa Research Network 2021-05-01
Series:Nordic Journal of African Studies
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Online Access:https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/776