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    <![CDATA[They Used to Call Me Snow White...but I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor]]>
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    <![CDATA[Artfully combining sociology, psychology, and feminist theory, here is a fascinating and entertaining look at how women can use humor to their advantage. This witty--and at times deliciously ribald--book examines women's humor and shows how the proper punchline can work wonders on the street, in the bedroom, and even in the corporate boardroom.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Perfect Husbands]]>
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    <![CDATA[With wit, humor, and an engaging style, Barreca considers the evolving roles of husbands and wives in American culture, and reveals how the static myths that many women cling to can lead to unhappiness in today's changing world.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
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    <![CDATA[A Sitdown With the Sopranos: Watching Italian American Culture on TV's Most Talked-About Series]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Sopranoshas changed the way Americans view New Jersey, Sunday nights, and especially Italian-American culture and life. As its popularity has skyrocketed, however, the show has attracted critics who claim it presents negative images of Italian Americans. A Sitown with The Sopranos is an insightful reply to this criticism from the countrys most significant Italian-American writers. Edited by bestselling author Regina Barreca, the book examines women, men, heritage, suburbia, organized crime, religion, psychtherapy, and family, and considers how the show portrays these themes. Contributors include: George Anastasia, Regina Barreca, Michael Flamini, Fred Gardaph, Sandra Gilbert, Jay Parini, Carla Gardina Pestana, and E. Anthony Rotundo.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
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    <![CDATA[Sweet revenge: the wicked delights of getting even]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;How to parry not just the worst blows life can hurl at you, but the little pinpricks, too; how to survive humiliation and keep your dignity; how to love and never lose are all here, and Barreca's wit and warmth as well.&quot;--Fay Weldon.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
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    <![CDATA[The Signet Book of American Humor]]>
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    <![CDATA[This newly revised and updated edition is a comprehensive collection of America's funniest voices-from Will Rogers and Woody Allen to Dorothy Parker and Ellen DeGeneres. Smart, subversive, and surprising, this anthology shows us what makes Americans laugh and proves that comedy may be the truest form of democracy.<br/><br/>Edited and with a new introduction by Regina Barreca <br/><br/> There's plenty to poke fun at in these United States-and as this volume proves, comedy may be the truest democracy of all. Smart, subversive, and surprising, this anthology shows us what makes Americans laugh. <br/><br/> Includes the works of: <br/><br/> Ambrose Bierce · Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner · Ralph Ellison · Fannie Flagg William Goldman · O. Henry · Langston Hughes · Molly Ivins · Erica Jong Jean Kerr · Alan King · Fran Leibowitz · Merrill Markoe · H. L. Mencken · Bill Nye Edgar Allen Poe · Mae West · Edith Wharton Herman Wouk · and many others]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
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    <![CDATA[The Penguin Book of Women's Humor]]>
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    <![CDATA[An anthology of sketches, excerpts, one-liners, essays, and short stories from the 1700s to the present features the contributions of Mae West, Erma Bombeck, Cynthia Heimel, Emily Dickenson, Dorothy Parker, and Jane Austen, among other notables.]]>
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    <![CDATA[New Perspectives on Women and Comedy]]>
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    <![CDATA[The twenty-one original essays in this volume explore the way women have used humor to break down cultural stereotypes between the genders. Examples from literature and the performing arts deal with humor and violence, humor and disability, humor and the supposition of women's shame, lesbian and ethnic humor and particularly women's responses to men's humor. The essayists present traditional issues from new perspectives and take us from Italy in the Renaissance to today's New York comedy clubs. They may make you laugh; they may make you nervous. They will certainly make you reevaluate the importance of placing women at the center of a discussion of comedy.]]>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Untamed and Unabashed: Essays on Women and Humor in British Literature]]>
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  </authors>  <published>1994</published>
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        <book>
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    <![CDATA[Sex and Death in Victorian Literature]]>
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    <![CDATA[This collection of essays examines the links between the images of death and sexuality in Victorian fiction and poetry. The contributors examine the ways in which fear of death was placed beside sexual desire and how Victorian writers managed to write about sex without overtly referring to it. The essays include an examination of Count Dracula's eternal seductions, an exploration of the pairing of Eros and Thanatos in George Eliot's fiction and an exploration of the work of Ruskin. Some of the essays attempt to &quot;undo&quot; much of the preceding critical wisdom on the subject. The dialectics of sex and death, these critics claim, must be viewed as one of the most influential patterns in Victorian poetry and prose. Regina Barreca has written &quot;Punch Lines: Women, Comedy and Subversion in English and American Literature&quot; and is editor of &quot;Last Laughs: Perspectives on Women and Comedy&quot;.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Philip Collins]]></name>
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    <average_rating>3.59</average_rating>
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  </authors>  <published>1990</published>
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    <![CDATA[Women of the Century: Thirty Modern Short Stories]]>
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