Description: "Hollywood Comedians" examines a range of comedians and contexts from the silent era to the 1990s. Contributors address key debates on performance and genre, and discuss issues of gender and the body, ethnicity and race. Includes essays by: Steven Cohan, Phil Drake, Bambi Haggins, Henry Jenkins, Peter Kramer, Patricia Mellencamp, William Paul, Joanna Rapf, Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, Steve Seidman and Mark Winokur.
