Pranksters, Standups, and Fitness Gurus: New Perspectives on Parody
Name:
Pranksters, Standups, and Fitness Gurus: New Perspectives on Parody
Date:
February 29, 2024
Time:
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST
Website:
https://rap.wustl.edu/events/
Event Description:
Join us for this panel discussion featuring new scholarship in the realm of parody, religion, and politics. Assistant Professor Fannie Bialek will moderate this panel discussion featuring new scholarship in the realm of parody, religion, and politics: - Jesus and Jest: Comedy and Christianity in the 1960s Joshua Wright, Hope College - How Standup Made Islam Secular Samah Choudhury, Ithaca College - In on the Joke: Selling Parody and Religion at SoulCycle Cody Musselman, Washington University in St. Louis This event is the third in the series “Reverent Irreverence: Parody, Religion, and Contemporary Politics,” sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.