They Used to Call Me Snow White . . . But I Drifted

Women’s Strategic Use of Humor

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
Cover of the book They Used to Call Me Snow White . . . But I Drifted by Gina Barreca, University Press of New England
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Author: Gina Barreca ISBN: 9781611684469
Publisher: University Press of New England Publication: May 14, 2013
Imprint: University Press of New England Language: English
Author: Gina Barreca
ISBN: 9781611684469
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication: May 14, 2013
Imprint: University Press of New England
Language: English

Published by Viking in 1991 and issued as a paperback through Penguin Books in 1992, Snow White became an instant classic for both academic and general audiences interested in how women use humor and what others (men) think about funny women. Barreca, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and comedians to illuminate a sharp critique of the gender-specific aspects of humor, provides laughs and provokes arguments as she shows how humor helps women break rules and occupy center stage. Barreca’s new introduction provides a funny and fierce, up-to-the-minute account of the fate of women’s humor over the past twenty years, mapping what has changed in our culture—and questioning what hasn’t.

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Published by Viking in 1991 and issued as a paperback through Penguin Books in 1992, Snow White became an instant classic for both academic and general audiences interested in how women use humor and what others (men) think about funny women. Barreca, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and comedians to illuminate a sharp critique of the gender-specific aspects of humor, provides laughs and provokes arguments as she shows how humor helps women break rules and occupy center stage. Barreca’s new introduction provides a funny and fierce, up-to-the-minute account of the fate of women’s humor over the past twenty years, mapping what has changed in our culture—and questioning what hasn’t.

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