Wit's end: women's humor as rhetorical and performative strategy
Auteur :
Zwagerman, Sean
Éditeur :
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN :
9780822960744
Date de publication :
25 avr. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Wit's End is an original perspective on women's use of humor as a performative strategy, seen in works of twentieth-century American literature. Zwagerman argues that women, whose direct, explicit performative speech has been traditionally denied, or not taken seriously, have often turned to humor as a means of communicating with men.