The Impression Management Techniques of the Burlesque Comedian

Abstract

This discussion is an in‐depth study of burlesque comics. The basic argument is that burlesque comics, like other marginal members of society, manipulate their behaviour so as to present a more favourable self‐image than the one in play in negative stereotypes. They have a detailed knowledge of the social sexual norms of the more conventional members of society and use this knowledge alternately to pass as respectable citizens and to play the role of comic in the burlesque performance.

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