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Title:

Women's comic visions / edited and introduced by June Sochen.

Publisher:

Wayne State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American wit and humor--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women and literature--United States.
Women comedians--United States.

Other Authors:

Sochen, June, 1937-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Humoring the sentence : women's dialogic comedy / Judy Little -- Social cognition, gender roles, and women's humor / Alice Sheppard -- Toward solidarity : women's humor and group identity / Nancy Walker -- Nineteenth-century women's humor / Nancy Walker -- Domestic comic writers / Zita Z. Dresner -- Hokinson and Hollander : female cartoonists and American culture / Patricia Williams Alley -- Slapsticks, screwballs, and bawds : the long road to the performing talents of Lucy and Bette / June Sochen -- Moms Mabley and the Afro-American comic performance / Elsie A. Williams -- Whoopi Goldberg and Lily Tomlin : Black and White women's humor / Zita Z. Dresner -- There's a joker in the menstrual hut : a performance analysis of comedian Kate Clinton / Linda Pershing.

Series:

Humor in life and letters series

ISBN:

9780814323083 : alk. paper)
0814323081 : alk. paper)
9780814323076 paper)
0814323073 paper)

LCCN:

90021070

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)