Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women And Serious Stories

by Jeannie B. Thomas
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS, July of 1997 ‧
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When analyzing recorded oral histories from her mother and grandmothers, Thomas noticed how inappropriate laughter often accompanied painful stories. This text applies Bakhtin's idea of carnival laughter to narratives about gender, the female body, and its significance in a nonhumourous context.

Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women And Serious Stories

by Jeannie B. Thomas

Property Description
ISBN: 9780813917238
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS
Release Date: July of 1997
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Format: Book
Collection: Victorian Literature And Culture Series
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780813917238

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