A very serious thing : women's humor and American culture /

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Defines why women have been blocked from participating in the mainstream of American comedy yet have overcome hurdles to produce a humor that is sustaining and spells survival for women in society.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walker, Nancy A., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1988.
Series:American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 2.
Subjects:
American wit and humor > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States.
Feminism and literature > United States.
Women > United States > Humor > History.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Humour américain > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Femmes > États-Unis > Humour > Histoire.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
HUMOR > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
American wit and humor.
American literature > Women authors.
American wit and humor > Women authors.
Feminism and literature.
Women.
Women and literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; 1. The Female Humorist in America; 2. The Male Tradition and the Female Tradition; 3. Humor, Intellect, Femininity; 4. The Humor of the "Minority"; 5. Feminist Humor; 6. The Tradition and Beyond: Contemporary Women's Humor and the Canon of American Literature; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Selected List of Humor by American Women; Index.

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