Title : A Study on Stereotyping of Ethnicity in Stand-up Comedy Download

Author : Anushka Singh/ Gaurav Joshi/ Dr. Surender

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Singh Anushka/ Joshi Gaurav/ Surender Dr., ”A Study on Stereotyping of Ethnicity in Stand-up Comedy”, Published in GYANVIVIDHA, ISSN: 3048-4537(O) & 3049-2327 (P), Volume-2 | Issue- 2, Apr.-June 2025, Page No. :-65-74. URL: https://journal.gyanvividha.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Anushka-Singh-Gaurav-Joshi-Dr.-Surender-Gyanvividha-vol2-issue-2ISSN-3048-4537O-3049-2890O-Apr.-June-2025-pp65-74.pdf

Abstract : Stand-up comedy is one of the important entertainment sources for the younger generation today. The humour involved in the comedy not only entertains people but also helps to raise issues and sensitise people about several societal problems and many times breaks stereotypes in society. However, few stand-up comedians also reinforce certain stereotypes and one of them is ethnic stereotyping where these stand-up comedians joke on the ethnicity of people from different states and cultures. The paper analyses the portrayal of Bihar in stand-up performances of Priyesh Sinha and Sumit Saurav and finds out how stand-up comics stereotype an ethnicity. Stand-up comedy is performed both on television shows as well as through online video streaming platforms like Prime Video, Netflix, etc. In this paper, the stereotyping of Bihar and the people of Bihar are discussed through textual and content analysis of two different videos, and Dependency Theory are used utilised for drawing the theoretical framework of the study. One video was aired on the SET channel and the other was an online show by Prime Video. Both videos reinforce stereotypes about Bihar and present the state as backward, violent, and underdeveloped.

Keywords : Ethnicity, Stand-up comedy, Entertainment, Comedy, framework.

Publication Details:

Journal : GYANVIVIDHA (ज्ञानविविधा)

ISSN : 3048-4537 (Online)

3049-2327 (Print)

Published In : Volume-2 | Issue-2, Apr.-June 2025

Page Number(s) : 65-74

Publisher Name :

 Mrs Anubha Chaudhary | https://journal.gyanvividha.com | E-ISSN 3048-4537 | P-ISSN 3049-2327