Women"s Comedic Art as Social Revolution: Five Performers and the Lessons of Their Subversive Humor (Paperback) - Common
EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
880254760000
Marke
McFarland & Co Inc
Hersteller
Mohammad Hosein Pahlavanzadeh Langari
Though comic women have existed since the days of Baubo, the mythic figure who used sexual humor to lift the veil of mourning from the goddess Demeters eyes, they have been neglected by scholars and critics. This pioneering volume tells the stories of five women who have created revolutionary forms of comic performance and discourse that defy the flagrant prejudices about women/feminists. The arti