A Very Serious Thing
Women's Humour and American Culture
Nancy A. Walker(Author)
University of Minnesota Press
Published on 31. December 1988
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-0-8166-1702-9 (ISBN)
Description
"A Very Serious Thing" is a study of a part of American literature that has been neglected by scholars and under-represented in anthologies - American women's humorous writing. Nancy Walker proposes that the American humorous tradition be redefined to include women's humour as well as men's. Rather than a study of individual writers, the book is an exploration of relationships between cultural realities - including expectations of "true womanhood" and women's humorous response to those realities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8166-1702-9 (9780816617029)
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