Title A very serious thing : women's humor and American culture / Nancy A. Walker

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1988 ©1988

Click on the following:
JSTOR eBooks
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) Series American culture ; [2] American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 2. 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index Notes English Print version record Subject 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 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 Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 88017143 ISBN 9780816682911 0816682917

  Permalink