The use of Stand Up Comedy techniques as production structures: Mexican humor between jokes, mass culture, and social criticism.

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Keywords:

Stand-up comedy, Humor, Comedy, Culture, Social commentary

Abstract

This essay proposes a perspective of analysis that conceives the techniques used in Stand Up not only as humorous structures to make jokes, but as humorous structures that are structuring in the relationships and areas in which Stand Up currently finds itself, in order to glimpse some of its economic, cultural, social and political implications.

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2025-06-30

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De la Luz Castillo, J. (2025). The use of Stand Up Comedy techniques as production structures: Mexican humor between jokes, mass culture, and social criticism. Sincronía, 29(88), 429–442. Retrieved from https://revistasincronia.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/sincronia/article/view/217

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Vol. 29 No. 88 (2025): July-December 2025

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MISCELLANY

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