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Contents
Theoretical perspectives | 19 |
STORY OR SPECTACLE? | 39 |
a rather sad story | 80 |
STANDUP AND BE COUNTED | 113 |
women in the | 133 |
character comedy and the one | 161 |
not really a conclusion | 181 |
Suggestions for further reading | 194 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Women and Laughter Feminist Issues : Practice, Politics, Theory Feminist issues |
| Author | Frances B. Gray |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0813915139, 9780813915135 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory |
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