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UNINA9910958174403321 |
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Autore |
Niebylski Dianna C. <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Humoring resistance : laughter and the excessive body in contemporary Latin American women's fiction / / Dianna C. Niebylski |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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9780791484951 |
0791484955 |
9781423739937 |
1423739930 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spanish American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Spanish American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Women and literature - Latin America - History - 20th century |
Comic, The, in literature |
Laughter in literature |
Women in literature |
Dissenters in literature |
Human body in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-187) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Challenging Humor Theory with the “Humored” Body -- Incontinent Bodies, Mixed Humor: Laura Esquivel -- Provocative Bodies, Hard-Edged Humor: Ana Lydia Vega -- Torpid Bodies, Skeptical Humor: Luisa Valenzuela -- Sick Bodies, Corrosive Humor: Armonía Somers -- Mutating Bodies, Entropic Humor: Alicia Borinsky -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contextualizing theoretical debates about the political uses of gendered humor and female excess, this book explores bold new ways in which a number of contemporary Latin American women authors approach questions of identity and community. The author examines the connections among strategic uses of humor, women's bodies, and |
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