Gender and Laughter. Comic Affirmation and Subversion in Traditional and Modern Media.

ANDREAS BÖHN/PAILER, GABY/STEFAN HORLACHER/ULRICH SCHECK [EDS.].

ISBN 10: 9042026723 / ISBN 13: 9789042026728

Published by Amsterdam-New York, Rodopi. 2009, 2009

About this Item

Original publisher's orange paper-covered boards, pictorial frontcover, large thick 8vo: 386pp., [6]pp., 23 contributions with illustrations - notes - references, list of contributors. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 70: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and Laughter. Comic Affirmation and Subversion in Traditional and Modern Media.
• Publisher: Amsterdam-New York, Rodopi. 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042026723
• ISBN 13: 9789042026728
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

This essay collection is dedicated to intersections between gender theories and theories of laughter, humour, and comedy. It is based on the results of a three-year research programme, entitled “Gender – Laughter – Media” (2003-2006) and includes a series of investigations on traditional and modern media in western cultures from the 18th to the 20th century. A theoretical opening part is followed by four thematic sections that explore the multiple forms of irritating stereotypical gender perceptions; aspects of (post-)colonialism and multiculturalism; the comic impact of literary and media genres in different national cultures; as well as the different comic strategies in fictional, philosophical, artistic or real life communication. The volume presents a variety of new approaches to the overlaps between gender and laughter that have only barely been considered in groundbreaking research. It forms a valuable read for scholars of literary, theatre, media, and cultural studies, at the same time reaching out to a general readership.