Description: Ideal for classroom use, this anthology of original essays by the leading authorities on women's comedy surveys the disorderly, subversive, and unruly performances of women comics from silent film to contemporary multimedia
Brief description: Victoria Sturtevant is an associate professor of film and media studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler.
Review Quotes: Together, Mizejewski and Sturtevant create a collection which thoroughly explores aspects of the body, gender, and sexuality in American women's comedy, shedding light on the fact that, to appear funny to men, women often find themselves making fun of their own bodies and sexual experiences in a way most male comics do not...Hysterical! is a thorough collection of essays on the works of women in American comedy, focusing on themes relating to the body, sexuality, and expectations of women in society.-- "Popular Culture Studies Journal" (4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)