Wit's end : women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zwagerman, Sean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2010.
©2010
Colección:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Performative (Philosophy)
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Conversation in literature.
Women in literature.
Humor in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Performatif (Philosophie)
Actes de parole.
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature.
Conversation dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Humour américain > Histoire et critique.
HUMOR > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
American literature
American wit and humor
Conversation in literature
Humor in literature
Man-woman relationships in literature
Women in literature
"Multi-User"
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Like a marriage with a monkey" : an argument for the use of speech-act theory in the analysis of humor
  • Subversive potential meets social resistance : women's humor in Thurber, Hurston, and Parker
  • Generally unhappy : the deconstruction of speech acts and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Comic relief : a stand-up performance by J.L. Austin and the consequences of not getting it
  • Failure revisited and authority regained : Louise Erdrich's Love medicine
  • Sisyphus's punch line : intentionality and wit as treatment for postmodern depression.

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