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.