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Femininity, Humor, and TV Comedies: The Wit of Fran Fine, Lorelai Gilmore, and Mrs. Maisel by Behrendt, Aileen

“…Women and wit seem to belong together in contemporary TV comedies. But looking more closely at wit reveals that it has undergone a series of transformations in…”
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Michele Currie Navakas, Coral Lives: Literature, Labor, and the Making of America by Stachura, Pawel

“…The book is an interdisciplinary history of discourse, with elements of natural science, political discourse, history of ideas, history of everyday life and…”
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Funny Women. Perspectives on Women in/and the Comedy Scene: Introduction by Sawallisch, Nele

“…While the origins of this project go back to 2021, causing it to be marked and delayed, like so many others, by the COVID-19 pandemic, it also enters the scene…”
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Charles River, Mesoamerican Astronomy: The History of Celestial Observations Made by the Maya, Aztec, and Inca by Monteiro, Isadora

“…Mesoamerican Astronomy: The History of Celestial Observations Made by the Maya, Aztec, and Inca, published by Charles River Editors, is an enriching…”
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Women Reprimanding Women: The Gothic Parody and its Social Criticism by Münderlein, Kerstin-Anja

“…In the late eighteenth century, the Gothic parody, ridiculing the generic traits of the Gothic novel, often directed their humor at the parody heroine…”
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Nahum Dimitri Chandler. “Beyond This Narrow Now”: Or Delimitations of W. E. B. Du Bois by Pride, Aaron

“…Few figures in history have enjoyed the adoration and criticism afforded to the writings and scholarship of W. E. B. Du Bois. As a revered figure in the…”
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Adam Burns and Rivers Gambrell, editors. Sports and the American Presidency: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump by Carazo, Rachel L

“…Sports that Level the Political Playing FieldAdam Burns and Rivers Gambrell’s edited volume, Sports and the American Presidency: From Theodore Roosevelt to…”
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Women in Trouble: Much Ado About Nothing, Pride & Prejudice and Bridget Jones’s Diary by Quabeck, Franziska

“…Shakespeare’s Beatrice, Jane Austen’s Lizzie Bennet and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones are three literary incarnations of the same female comic character. They…”
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Funny Bestsellers: Positioning Female Comedian Memoirs in the Book Industry by Norrick-Rühl, Corinna

“…Guardian critic Hadley Freeman stated in 2014 that the “book publishing world has, for some time now, become wholly memoirified.” This article will analyze the…”
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Anne Zeide, US History in 15 Foods by Cavcic, Antonija

“…American History XXLAt the time of writing, the Israel-Hamas war was into its fourth month, and food shortages and extreme hunger were starting to take a toll…”
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Beyond the Male Stereotype: Complicating Female Geek and Nerd Figures in Contemporary US Comedy Series by Dolai, Ankita

“…The “nerd” or “geek” in US-American film and television has been a popular mainstay to represent distinct social hierarchies. This article aims to highlight…”
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Hannah Gadsby: Emotional Capital and Affective Economies in Stand-Up Comedy by Krefting, Beck

“…Being a stand-up comic requires skills: the ability to craft jokes and perform them; the capacity to “read the room” and adapt material during the performance;…”
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Quick-Witted Eccentrics: The Genre and Genders of Screwball Comedy by Majewska, Magda

“…Focusing on the type of funny woman that came to life in the Hollywood screwball comedy genre of the 1930s and 1940s, this article explores the intersections…”
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A Wild Bunch: Older “Funny Girls” and the Small Screen by Röber, Franziska

“…The sitcom has had significant impact on how images of later life as well as later-life femininity are perpetuated, legitimized, transformed, and…”
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Marc Shapiro, Bukowski: On Film by Passas, Dimitris

“…Marc Shapiro’s latest writing feat aims to shed light on the complicated relationship between the iconic American author Charles Bukowski and the American…”
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Funny Bestsellers: Positioning Female Comedian Memoirs in the Book Industry by Norrick-Rühl, Corinna

“…Guardian critic Hadley Freeman stated in 2014 that the “book publishing world has, for some time now, become wholly memoirified.” This article will analyze the…”
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A Wild Bunch: Older “Funny Girls” and the Small Screen by Röber, Franziska

“…The sitcom has had significant impact on how images of later life as well as later-life femininity are perpetuated, legitimized, transformed, and…”
Get full text

Femininity, Humor, and TV Comedies: The Wit of Fran Fine, Lorelai Gilmore, and Mrs. Maisel by Behrendt, Aileen

“…Women and wit seem to belong together in contemporary TV comedies. But looking more closely at wit reveals that it has undergone a series of transformations in…”
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Beyond the Male Stereotype: Complicating Female Geek and Nerd Figures in Contemporary US Comedy Series by Dolai, Ankita

“…The “nerd” or “geek” in US-American film and television has been a popular mainstay to represent distinct social hierarchies. This article aims to highlight…”
Get full text