The unruly woman : gender and the genres of laughter /
Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe,1947-
Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press,
1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index.
Introduction: Feminist film theory and the question of laughter -- Part 1: The unruly woman.  Pig ladies, big ladies, and ladies with big mouths: feminism and the carnivalesque ; Roseanne: the unruly woman as domestic goddess -- Part 2: Female unruliness in narrative cinema.  Narrative, comedy, and melodrama ; Romantic comedy and the unruly virgin in classical Hollywood cinema ; Producer-heroes and bridges on top ; Dumb blondes ; Masculinity and melodrama in postclassical romantic comedy -- Afterword: Shape-shifting.
Women in motion pictures.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Comedy films
Women on television.
Television comedies
Also issued online.
Unruly woman.