{"product_id":"transgressive-humor-of-american-women-writers-hardcover","title":"Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabrina Fuchs Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the first to focus on the transgressive and transformative power of American female humorists. It explores the work of authors and comediennes such as Carolyn Wells, Lucille Clifton, Mary McCarthy, Lynne Tillman, Constance Rourke, Roz Chast, Amy Schumer and Samantha Bee, and the ways in which their humor challenges gendered norms and assumptions through the use of irony, satire, parody, and wit. The chapters draw from the experiences of women from a variety of racial, class, and gender identities and encompass a variety of genres and comedic forms including poetry, fiction, prose, autobiography, graphic memoir, comedic performance, and new media. \u003ci\u003eTransgressive Humor of American Women Writers \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to a general educated readership as well as to those interested in women's and gender studies, humor studies, urban studies, American literature and cultural studies, and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the first to focus on the iconoclastic and transformative power of American female humorists. It explores the work of authors and comediennes such as Samantha Bee, Amy Schumer, Lucille Clifton, Constance Rourke, Carolyn Wells, and Lynne Tillman while drawing on various theories of humor including the incongruity superiority\/disparagement, and relief theories. The chapters draw from the experiences of women from a variety of racial, class, and gender identities and encompass a variety of genres and comedic forms including poetry, fiction, prose, autobiography, graphic memoir, comedic performance, and new media.\u003ci\u003eTransgressive Humor of American Women Writers \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to a general educated readership as well as to those interested in women's and gender studies, humor studies, urban studies, American literature and cultural studies, and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabrina Fuchs Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English in the School for Graduate Studies at the State University of New York, Empire State College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMary McCarthy: Gender, Politics and the Postwar Intellectual\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eLiterature of New York\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently working on a book, \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Humor: New York Women of Wit\u003c\/i\u003e, and is founder and chair of the Mary McCarthy Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 263\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794404180256,"sku":"9783319567280","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/adb294e924d7216cf912478e3c54bcf1.webp?v=1780729088","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/transgressive-humor-of-american-women-writers-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}