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Author:
Zwagerman, Sean.
Title:
Wit's end : women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy / Sean Zwagerman.
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
viii, 241 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Humor in literature
Women in literature.
Conversation in literature
Man-woman relationships in literature
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Performative (Philosophy)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"Like a marriage with a monkey" : an argument for the use of speech-act theory in the analysis of humor -- Subversive potential meets social resistance : women's humor in Thurber, Hurston, and Parker -- Generally unhappy : the deconstruction of speech acts and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Comic relief : a stand-up performance by J.L. Austin and the consequences of not getting it -- Failure revisited and authority regained : Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Sisyphus's punch line : intentionality and wit as treatment for postmodern depression.
Series:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
ISBN:
0822960745 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822960744 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)468973479
LCCN:
2010000150
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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