The Performativity of Comedic Apologies
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Academic Unit
College of Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
2024
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This essay examines the comedic apology ritual as a complex site of struggle over competing cultural values. First tracing the multilayered process of the categorical apology, we detail performative dimensions of apology specific to the dealing of comedy and the interpretive ambiguities of irony. Turning next to the context of the “apology epidemic,” we examine how the call for, and possible delivery of, an apology marks a performative struggle over competing norms and values. Finally, the essay traces a series of performative effects emerging from the repetition of this cultural comic apology ritual, both in its compliance and refusal.
Journal Title
Text and Performance Quarterly
Volume
44
Issue
1
ISSN
1479-5760
Beginning Page Number
15
Last Page Number
31
DOI
10.1080/10462937.2023.2168040
Recommended Citation
Goltz, Dustin and Zingsheim, Jason, "The Performativity of Comedic Apologies" (2024). Faculty Authors and Creators Reception. 192.
https://opus.govst.edu/fac/192