Date Thesis Awarded
4-2016
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
American Studies
Advisor
Grey Gundaker
Committee Members
Francesca Sawaya
Timothy Barnard
Abstract
Comedy, specifically comedy shared via social media, has provided an outlet to encourage public discussion of the Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations, when such a dialogue had long been culturally repressed and ignored in mainstream media.
Recommended Citation
Granato, Alexandra, ""Yeah, But You Rape Women": Hannibal Buress and the Comedy Community's Role in Shaping Public Opinion of the Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Allegations" (2016). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 930.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/930
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