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They used to call me Snow White ... but I drifted : women's strategic use of humor / Gina Barreca ; with a new introduction by the author.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barreca, Regina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wit and humor--Psychological aspects.
- Wit and humor.
- Women--Psychology.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With a comprehensive new introduction by the author, a reissue of the influential text on women's humor
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; 1. Getting It: Strategies for Recognizing and Using Gender Differences in Humor; 2. Do Good Girls Laugh with Their Mouths Open?: Why Making a Joke Is Like Making a Pass; 3. Putting a Punch in Your Punch Line: Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive Humor; 4. The Laughter in the Kitchen: Growing Up Female and Funny; 5. Laughing All the Way to the Bank: Humor and Strategies for Success; 6. ""It's Hard to Be Funny When You Have to Be Clean"": Sexual Differences in Humor Appreciation/ Differences in Sexual Humor Appreciation
- 7. How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Power, Politics, and Women's Humor8. She Who Laughs, Lasts: The Importance of Defining and Using Our Own Humor; Notes; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781611684469
- 1611684463
- OCLC:
- 842909530
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