Michael Wall
ISBN10: 184002156X ISBN13: 9781840021561
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 2000
There are many fleeting moments when either Colin or Tony want to smother the laughs of their wives, and perhaps do worse. The two couples fight for every inch of their lives, from the garden of a house in Ealing to the grounds of a mental asylum... More
Jeannie B Thomas
ISBN10: 0813917239 ISBN13: 9780813917238
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 Aug 1997
When analyzing recorded oral histories from her mother and grandmothers, Thomas noticed how inappropriate laughter often accompanied painful stories. This text applies Bakhtin's idea of carnival laughter to narratives about gender, the female... More
Jeannie B Thomas
ISBN10: 0813917700 ISBN13: 9780813917702
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Aug 1997
Interested in preserving her family folklore, Jeannie B. Thomas recorded detailed oral histories from her mother and two grandmothers. While analyzing tapes of these sessions, she noticed the way inappropriate laughter often accompanied the... More
Jasmine Birtles
ISBN10: 1854799630 ISBN13: 9781854799630
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Sep 1994
This is a collection of witty, biting, vulgar and sharp comments by women about men, sex and other irrelevances. More
Birtles, Jasmine Jasmine Birtles
ISBN10: 1854797298 ISBN13: 9781854797292
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 21 Jul 1995
This is a collection of humorous comments by women about men, sex and other irrelevances. More
Barbara Levy (Babson College, Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN10: 905699543X ISBN13: 9789056995430
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 13 Nov 1997
This volume examines the writings of seven contemporary, popular, American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control," the reader. Examines the world of seven contemporary... More
Barbara Levy (Babson College, Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN10: 9056995421 ISBN13: 9789056995423
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Nov 1997
Examines the world of seven contemporary, American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control" the reader. The writers featured are Lisa Alther, Rita Mae Brown, Nora Ephron... More
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