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A very serious thing [[electronic resource] ] : women's humor and American culture / / Nancy A. Walker



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Autore: Nash-Cummings Nancy Visualizza persona
Titolo: A very serious thing [[electronic resource] ] : women's humor and American culture / / Nancy A. Walker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1988
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
Disciplina: 817/.009/9287
Soggetto topico: American wit and humor - Women authors - History and criticism
Women and literature - United States
Feminism and literature - United States
Women - United States - Humor - History
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: A very serious thing  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-8291-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784487103321
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Serie: American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.)