Voicing the Everyday: Humor as Affirmation and Resistance in Chinese Women’s Stand-Up The case of Chinese online stand-up comedy shows
This thesis investigates how Chinese female stand-up comedians construct gendered narratives through humor and how female audiences interpret and respond to these performances. Focusing on two popular online shows—Stand-up Comedy and Its Friends and Comedy King (Stand-up Season)—the study examines how humor becomes a space for negotiating feminist expression under ideological, cultural, and commer
