Last Laughs: Perspectives on Women and Comedy
- ISBN-10
- 0677220200
- ISBN-13
- 9780677220208
- Series
- Last Laughs
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Gordon and Breach
- Author
- Regina Barreca
Description
The 19 original essays (and three Sylvia cartoons) included in this volume deal with the gender-specific nature of comedy. The collection observes the creation of women's comedy from a wide range of standpoints: political, sociological, psychoanalytical, linguistic, and historical. The writers explore the role of women's comedy in familiar and unfamilair territory, from Austen to Weldon, from Behn to Wasserstein. The questions they raise will lead to a redefinition of the genre itself.
