Description: Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers, Hardcover by Abrams, Sabrina Fuchs (EDT), ISBN 3319567284, ISBN-13 9783319567280, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
This collection is the first to focus on thetransgressive and transformative power of American female humorists. It explores the work of authors and comediennes such as Carolyn Wells, Lucille Clifton, Mary McCarthy, Lynne Tillman, Constance Rourke, Roz Chast, Amy Schumer and Samantha Bee, and the ways in which their humor challenges gendered norms and assumptions through the use of irony, satire, parody, and wit.The chapters draw from the experiences of women from a variety of racial, class, and gender identities and encompass a variety of genres and comedic forms including poetry, fiction, prose, autobiography, graphic memoir, comedic performance, and new media. Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers will appeal to a general educated readership as well as to those interested in women’s and gender studies, humor studies, urban studies, American literature and cultural studies, and media studies.
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Book Title: Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers
Number of Pages: Xv, 263 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: Women Authors, General, American / General, Humor
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 164.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Sabrina Fuchs Abrams
Book Series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
