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A very serious thing : women's humor and American culture / Nancy A. Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash-Cummings, Nancy.
- Series:
- American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American wit and humor--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Women and literature.
- Feminism and literature--United States.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women--United States--Humor--History.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8291-7
- OCLC:
- 476092948
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