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Autore: | Nash-Cummings Nancy |
Titolo: | A very serious thing [[electronic resource] ] : women's humor and American culture / / Nancy A. Walker |
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 |
ISBN: | 0-8166-8291-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784487103321 |
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