They used to call me Snow White ... but I drifted
Subtitle: women's strategic use of humor
By: Gina Barreca ; with a new introduction by the author
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781611684452; 9781611684469
Subjects: Wit and humor; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Snow White grows up: twenty-two years of women's laughter, now what?; title: Getting it: strategies for recognizing and using gender differences in humor; title: Do good girls laugh with their mouths open? Why making a joke is like making a pass; title: Putting a punch in your punch line: strategies for dealing with aggressive humor; title: The laughter in the kitchen: growing up female and funny; title: Laughing all the way to the bank: humor and strategies for success; title: "It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean": sexual differences in humor appreciation/differences in sexual humor appreciation; title: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?: power, politics, and women's humor; title: She who laughs, lasts: the importance of defining and using our own humor.