Pulling Our Own Strings: Feminist Humor and Satire

Kaufman, Gloria [Editor]; Blakely, Mary Kay [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0253202515 / ISBN 13: 9780253202512

Published by Indiana University Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pulling Our Own Strings: Feminist Humor and Satire
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253202515
• ISBN 13: 9780253202512
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

"... a wonderful, riotous book." ―Rita Mae Brown

"It’s witty, charming, incisive―and these are the low points!" ―Loretta Swit

From Virginia Woolf to Nora Ephron, Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Ntozake Shange, Fanny Fern to Gloria Steinem, Pulling Our Own Strings shows us the roots, the history, and the rich variety of feminist humor and satire.

About the Author

GLORIA KAUFMAN, now retired, was Director of Women's Studies at Indiana University, South Bend. She has also published poetry and fiction, and edited In Stitches: A Patchwork of Feminist Humor and Satire. She is also a producer/director of several feminist videotapes. MARY KAY BLAKELY is the author of Wake Me When It's Over: A Journey to the Edge and Back, as well as many articles on women's lives and feminist issues.