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New Perspectives on Women and Comedy (Routledge Library Editions: Comedy) - Softcover

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9781032226804: New Perspectives on Women and Comedy (Routledge Library Editions: Comedy)
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ISBN 10: 1032226803 ISBN 13: 9781032226804
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

First published in 1992, the twenty-one original essays in this volume explore the way women have used humor to break down cultural stereotypes between the genders. Examples from literature and the performing arts deal with humor and violence, humor and disability, humor and the supposition of women’s shame, lesbian and ethnic humor, and particularly women’s responses to men’s humor. The essayists present traditional issues from new perspectives and take us from Italy in the Renaissance to today’s New York comedy clubs. They may make you laugh; they may make you nervous. They will certainly make you reevaluate the importance of placing women at the center of a discussion of comedy.

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About the Author

Regina Barreca, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English Literature at The University of Connecticut.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032226803
ISBN 13 
9781032226804
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
258
Editor
Barreca Regina