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They used to call me Snow White ... but I drifted : women's strategic use of humor /

With a comprehensive new introduction by the author, a reissue of the influential text on women's humor. The author, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and comedians to illuminate a sharp critique of the gender-specific aspects of humor, provides laughs and provokes arguments as she sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barreca, Regina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lebanon : University Press of New England, 2013
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Getting It : Strategies for Recognizing and Using Gender Differences in Humor
  • Do Good Girls Laugh with Their Mouths Open? : Why Making a Joke Is Like Making a Pass
  • Putting a Punch in Your Punch Line : Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive Humor
  • The Laughter in the Kitchen : Growing Up Female and Funny
  • Laughing All the Way to the Bank : Humor and Strategies for Success
  • "It's Hard to Be Funny When You Have to Be Clean" : Sexual Differences in Humor Appreciation/Differences in Sexual Humor Appreciation
  • How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Power, Politics, and Women's Humor
  • She Who Laughs, Lasts : The Importance of Defining and Using Our Own Humor.