They used to call me Snow White ... but I drifted : women's strategic use of humor /
Gina Barreca ; with a new introduction by the author.
- Lebanon : University Press of New England, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Getting It : Strategies for Recognizing and Using Gender Differences in Humor -- Do Good Girls Laugh with Their Mouths Open? : Why Making a Joke Is Like Making a Pass -- Putting a Punch in Your Punch Line : Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive Humor -- The Laughter in the Kitchen : Growing Up Female and Funny -- Laughing All the Way to the Bank : Humor and Strategies for Success -- "It's Hard to Be Funny When You Have to Be Clean" : Sexual Differences in Humor Appreciation/Differences in Sexual Humor Appreciation -- How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Power, Politics, and Women's Humor -- She Who Laughs, Lasts : The Importance of Defining and Using Our Own Humor.
With a comprehensive new introduction by the author, a reissue of the influential text on women's humor. The author, 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.
9781611684469
Wit and humor--Psychological aspects. Women--Psychology.