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Hysterical! : women in American comedy / edited by Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant ; foreword by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781477314524
- 1477314520
- 1900-2099
- Women comedians -- United States -- 20th century
- Women comedians -- United States -- 21st century
- American wit and humor -- History and criticism
- Feminism
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- United States
- Body image in women
- American wit and humor
- Body image in women
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
- Feminism
- Women comedians
- United States
- PN 1590 .W64 H97 2017
Contents:
Introduction / Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant -- Mabel Normand : new woman in the flapper age / Kristine Brunovska Karnick -- Fay Tincher : female rowdiness and social change / Joanna E. Rapf -- Mae West : the constant sinner / Kristen Hatch -- Fanny Brice's new nose : beauty, ethnicity, and liminality / Kristen Anderson Wagner -- Lucille Ball and the Lucy character : familiarity, female friendship, and the anxiety of competence / Lori Landay -- Carol Burnett : home, horror, and hilarity on the Carol Burnett show / Linda Mizejewski -- Lily Tomlin : queer sensibilities, funny feminism, and multimedia stardom / Suzanne Leonard -- Moms Mabley and Wanda Sykes : "I'ma be me" / Bambi Haggins -- Roseanne Barr : remembering Roseanne / Rosie White -- Whoopi Goldberg in Hollywood : queering comic genre genealogies / Rebecca Wanzo -- Margaret Cho's army : "we are the baddest motherfuckers on the block" / Rebecca Krefting -- Ellen Degeneres's incorporate body : the politics of authenticity / Brenda R. Weber and Joselyn K. Leimbach -- Sarah Silverman : cuteness as subversion / Anthony P. Mcintyre -- Tina Fey : "quality" comedy and the body of the female comedy author / Julia Havas -- Lena Dunham : cringe comedy and body politics / Maria Sulimma.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-422) and index.
Introduction / Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant -- Mabel Normand : new woman in the flapper age / Kristine Brunovska Karnick -- Fay Tincher : female rowdiness and social change / Joanna E. Rapf -- Mae West : the constant sinner / Kristen Hatch -- Fanny Brice's new nose : beauty, ethnicity, and liminality / Kristen Anderson Wagner -- Lucille Ball and the Lucy character : familiarity, female friendship, and the anxiety of competence / Lori Landay -- Carol Burnett : home, horror, and hilarity on the Carol Burnett show / Linda Mizejewski -- Lily Tomlin : queer sensibilities, funny feminism, and multimedia stardom / Suzanne Leonard -- Moms Mabley and Wanda Sykes : "I'ma be me" / Bambi Haggins -- Roseanne Barr : remembering Roseanne / Rosie White -- Whoopi Goldberg in Hollywood : queering comic genre genealogies / Rebecca Wanzo -- Margaret Cho's army : "we are the baddest motherfuckers on the block" / Rebecca Krefting -- Ellen Degeneres's incorporate body : the politics of authenticity / Brenda R. Weber and Joselyn K. Leimbach -- Sarah Silverman : cuteness as subversion / Anthony P. Mcintyre -- Tina Fey : "quality" comedy and the body of the female comedy author / Julia Havas -- Lena Dunham : cringe comedy and body politics / Maria Sulimma.
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