ISBN:
9781315814322
,
9781317804130
,
9781317804147
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xi, 346 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Series Statement:
Routledge research in cultural and media studies 63
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Gender identity
;
Gender identity in mass media
;
Wit and humor
Abstract:
1. Humor : a many gendered thing / Delia Chiaro and Raffaella Baccolini -- 2. Blended spaces as subversive feminist humor / Janet Bing and Joanne Scheibman -- 3. Traditional comic conflicts in farce and roles for women / Jessica Milner Davis -- 4. The school for scandal : humor and the scandalized narrative in women's speculative fiction / Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor -- 5. "A gay arcadia of happy girls" : women, the body, and the welfare state in British film comedy / Frances Gray -- 6. Humorless lesbians / Don Kulick -- 7. Gender trouble in sketches from Japan / Francois Bouchetoux -- 8. Humor and gender : an overview of psychological research / Rod A. Martin -- 9. Gender and humor in everyday conversation / Jennifer Coates -- 10. Funny, feminine, and flirtatious : humor and gendered discourse norms at work / Janet Holmes and Stephanie Schnurr -- 11. Power and connection : humor in a Cantonese family / John S.Y. Hui -- 12. Humor and contemporary product design : international perspectives / Sheri R. Klein -- 13. Being bovvered and taking liberties : female performance and female identities in the Catherine Tate show / Sharon Lockyer -- 14. Little Miss Sunshine and the avoidance of tragedy / Gail Finney -- 15. "What'ya mean I'm funny?" Ball-busting humor and Italian American masculinities / Fred Gardaphe -- 16. "A woman, a Wog and a Westie" : Monica Pellizzari's critical humor from down under / Alessandra Senzani -- 17. Gender and grotesque humor in contemporary Italian literature : language, culture, and translation / Brigid Maher -- 18. Queer humor : gay comedy between camp and diversity / Rainer Emig -- 19. Petite flower, giver goddess, and duchess of discipline : sexual nonconformity, play, and camp humor in the performance of Judy Tenuta / Giovanna P. Del Negro -- 20. Humor and gender, directions for future research : where do we go from here? / Raffaella Baccolini and Delia Chiaro.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-335) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781315814322
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