Rhetoric Review Dec 2010

Native American Stand-Up Comedy: Epideictic Strategies in the Contact Zone

Amanda Lynch Morris

Abstract

Contemporary Native American stand-up comedy is a form of epideictic rhetoric in the contact zone of the performance space, using generic conventions of stand-up comedy, traditional elements of Native humor, and Aristotelian strategies to challenge what audiences think they know about indigenous experiences in this land. Specifically, Howie Miller is one Native American stand-up comedian who constructs an epideictic performance in which entertainment, education, and assumptions collide.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
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2010-12-17
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2011.530108
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