Gender and Humor - Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives

"In the mid-seventies, both gender studies and humor studies emerged as new disciplines, with scholars from various fields undertaking research in these areas. The first publications that emerged in the field of gender studies came out of disciplines such as philosophy, history, and literature, while early works in the area of humor studies initially concentrated on language, linguistics, and psychology. Since then, both fields have flourished, but largely independently. This book draws together and focuses the work of scholars from diverse disciplines on intersections of gender and humor, giving voice to approaches in disciplines such as film, television, literature, linguistics, translation studies, and popular culture"--

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• Authors: Delia Baccolini Chiaro
• Assisted by: Raffaella Baccolini (Editor), Baccolini Raffaella (Editor), Delia Chiaro (Editor), Chiaro Delia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2014
• EAN: 9780415742856
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74285-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, HUMOR / General, Sociology, Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Sociolinguistics, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Performance Art, Feminism and feminist theory, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc