Women and Laughter
Author : Frances B. Gray
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813915135
Author : Frances B. Gray
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813915135
Author : Lisa Renée Perfetti
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Comedy
ISBN : 9780472113217
Portrays a range of medieval heroines to ascertain how humor might have been used and enjoyed by medieval women
Author : Terri Gibbs
Publisher : J. Countryman
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781404103320
What woman doesn't love to grab her favorite hot drink at the local coffee house and sit down to gab with girlfriends Laughter and latté-it's an irresistible combination! Striking a balance between hilarity and helpful advice, this book appeals to the bond women share through laughter and words of encouragement. The lively and accessible text is written by a variety of best-selling female authors and WOF speakers such as Sheila Walsh, Luci Swindoll, Marilyn Meberg, Nicole Johnson, Patsy Clairmont, Thelma Wells, and many more. The colorful and contemporary design is sure to appeal to women of all ages.
Author : Anna Frey
Publisher : Demeter Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772583189
From dour old women to buzzkills who can't take a joke, the stereotype of the humourless feminist has repeatedly been deployed to derail and delegitimize the women's rights movement. This collection skips the tired debates that ask whether feminists can be funny—we know the answer to this already—to instead investigate contemporary expressions and functions of humour within international feminist movements and communities. This interdisciplinary volume showcases critical analyses of cultural texts and events, personal accounts of producing and encountering feminist humour, and creative interruptions that pair laughter with insight. As a whole, this work seeks to sideline caricatures of the humourless feminist by promoting a vision of a diverse movement vibrant with innovative, generous, threatening, and, ultimately, triumphant laughter.
Author : Kathleen Rowe Karlyn
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0292773234
Unruly women have been making a spectacle of themselves in film and on television from Mae West to Roseanne Arnold. In this groundbreaking work, Kathleen Rowe explores how the unruly woman—often a voluptuous, noisy, joke-making rebel or "woman on top"—uses humor and excess to undermine patriarchal norms and authority. At the heart of the book are detailed analyses of two highly successful unruly women—the comedian Roseanne Arnold and the Muppet Miss Piggy. Putting these two figures in a deeper cultural perspective, Rowe also examines the evolution of romantic film comedy from the classical Hollywood period to the present, showing how the comedic roles of actresses such as Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Marilyn Monroe offered an alternative, empowered image of women that differed sharply from the "suffering heroine" portrayed in classical melodramas.
Author : Jo Anna Isaak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,27 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 1134895275
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Regina Barreca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000579247
First published in 1988, the 19 original essays (and three "Sylvia" cartoons) included in this volume deal with the gender-specific nature of comedy. This pioneering collection observes the creation of women’s comedy from a wide range of standpoints: political, sociological, psychoanalytical, linguistic, and historical. The writers explore the role of women’s comedy in familiar and unfamiliar territory, from Austen to Weldon, from Behn to Wasserstein. The questions they raise will lead to a redefinition of the genre itself.
Author : Women Of Faith
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780849944727
" ... stories, jokes, and quips ... includes humor from: Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Nicole Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, Jan Silvious, Luci Swindoll, Kathy Troccoli, Sheila Walsh, Thelma Wells, and others! "--Publisher's description.
Author : Robert R. Provine
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 11,65 MB
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1101659254
Do men and women laugh at the same things? Is laughter contagious? Has anyone ever really died laughing? Is laughing good for your health? Drawing upon ten years of research into this most common-yet complex and often puzzling-human phenomenon, Dr. Robert Provine, the world's leading scientific expert on laughter, investigates such aspects of his subject as its evolution, its role in social relationships, its contagiousness, its neural mechanisms, and its health benefits. This is an erudite, wide-ranging, witty, and long-overdue exploration of a frequently surprising subject.
Author : Martha Bensley Bruère
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 1934
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN :
Women's humor in America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Verse, prose, humorous drawings.