Wits End: Women's Humor as Rhetorical and Performative Strategy
An original perspective on women's use of humor as a performative strategy, seen in works of twentieth-century American literature. Zwagerman argues that women, whose direct, explicit performative speech has been traditionally denied, or not taken seriously, have often turned to humor as a means...
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An original perspective on women's use of humor as a performative strategy, seen in works of twentieth-century American literature. Zwagerman argues that women, whose direct, explicit performative speech has been traditionally denied, or not taken seriously, have often turned to humor as a means of communicating with men.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780822960744 (0822960745)
Publish date: April 25th 2010
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages no: 264
Edition language: English
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