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"Acknowledgments". Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy, edited by Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2017, pp. xi-xiv. https://doi.org/10.7560/314517-002

(2017). Acknowledgments. In L. Mizejewski & V. Sturtevant (Ed.), Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy (pp. xi-xiv). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/314517-002

2017. Acknowledgments. In: Mizejewski, L. and Sturtevant, V. ed. Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. xi-xiv. https://doi.org/10.7560/314517-002

"Acknowledgments" In Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy edited by Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant, xi-xiv. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7560/314517-002

Acknowledgments. In: Mizejewski L, Sturtevant V (ed.) Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2017. p.xi-xiv. https://doi.org/10.7560/314517-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1. Mabel Normand: New Woman in the Flapper Age 35
Chapter 2. Fay Tincher: Female Rowdiness and Social Change 62
Chapter 3. Mae West: The Constant Sinner 86
Chapter 4. Fanny Brice’s New Nose: Beauty, Ethnicity, and Liminality 109
Chapter 5. Lucille Ball and the Lucy Character: Familiarity, Female Friendship, and the Anxiety of Competence 137
Chapter 6. Carol Burnett: Home, Horror, and Hilarity on The Carol Burnett Show 164
Chapter 7. Lily Tomlin: Queer Sensibilities, Funny Feminism, and Multimedia Stardom 186
Chapter 8. Moms Mabley and Wanda Sykes: “I’ma Be Me” 207
Chapter 9. Roseanne Barr: Remembering Roseanne 233
Chapter 10. Whoopi Goldberg in Hollywood: Queering Comic Genre Genealogies 251
Chapter 11. Margaret Cho’s Army: “We Are the Baddest Motherfuckers on the Block” 273
Chapter 12. Ellen DeGeneres’s Incorporate Body: The Politics of Authenticity 303
Chapter 13. Sarah Silverman: Cuteness as Subversion 325
Chapter 14. Tina Fey: “Quality” Comedy and the Body of the Female Comedy Author 347
Chapter 15. Lena Dunham: Cringe Comedy and Body Politics 379
Works Cited 403
Contributors 423
Index 427

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1. Mabel Normand: New Woman in the Flapper Age 35
Chapter 2. Fay Tincher: Female Rowdiness and Social Change 62
Chapter 3. Mae West: The Constant Sinner 86
Chapter 4. Fanny Brice’s New Nose: Beauty, Ethnicity, and Liminality 109
Chapter 5. Lucille Ball and the Lucy Character: Familiarity, Female Friendship, and the Anxiety of Competence 137
Chapter 6. Carol Burnett: Home, Horror, and Hilarity on The Carol Burnett Show 164
Chapter 7. Lily Tomlin: Queer Sensibilities, Funny Feminism, and Multimedia Stardom 186
Chapter 8. Moms Mabley and Wanda Sykes: “I’ma Be Me” 207
Chapter 9. Roseanne Barr: Remembering Roseanne 233
Chapter 10. Whoopi Goldberg in Hollywood: Queering Comic Genre Genealogies 251
Chapter 11. Margaret Cho’s Army: “We Are the Baddest Motherfuckers on the Block” 273
Chapter 12. Ellen DeGeneres’s Incorporate Body: The Politics of Authenticity 303
Chapter 13. Sarah Silverman: Cuteness as Subversion 325
Chapter 14. Tina Fey: “Quality” Comedy and the Body of the Female Comedy Author 347
Chapter 15. Lena Dunham: Cringe Comedy and Body Politics 379
Works Cited 403
Contributors 423
Index 427

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