Title Comic visions, female voices : contemporary women novelists and Southern humor / Barbara Bennett.

Publication Info.	Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, [1998]
	©1998

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS261 .B46 1998	Available	---

Description	xiii, 135 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	Southern literary studies
	Southern literary studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index.
Contents	Introduction: Southern laughter and the woman writer -- ch. 1. "De maiden language": voice and identity -- ch. 2. Communion of laughter: healing and unifying comedy -- ch. 3. Crossing boundaries: scatological and black humor -- ch. 4. Unbuckling the Bible Belt: religious and sexual satire -- ch. 5. Hand inside the velvet glove: confronting stereotypes.
Subject	Humorous stories, American -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
	Humorous stories, American.
	Southern States.
	American wit and humor -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
	American wit and humor.
	American wit and humor -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	American wit and humor -- Women authors.
	Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women and literature.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- Women authors.
	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
	Southern States -- In literature.
	Comic, The, in literature.
	Comic, The, in literature.
ISBN	0807122882 cloth alkaline paper