The Unruly Woman : Gender and the Genres of Laughter
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Texas Film and Media Studies Series
ISBN-10
0292770693
ISBN-13
9780292770690
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Imprint
University of Texas Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 1995
Print length
282 Pages
Weight
426 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.50 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies: women
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Unruly women have been making a spectacle of themselves in film and on television from Mae West to Roseanne Arnold. In this groundbreaking work, Kathleen Rowe explores how the unruly woman-often a voluptuous, noisy, joke-making rebel or "woman on top"-uses humor and excess to undermine patriarchal norms and authority. At the heart of the book are detailed analyses of two highly successful unruly women-the comedian Roseanne Arnold and the Muppet Miss Piggy. Putting these two figures in a deeper cultural perspective, Rowe also examines the evolution of romantic film comedy from the classical Hollywood period to the present, showing how the comedic roles of actresses such as Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, and Marilyn Monroe offered an alternative, empowered image of women that differed sharply from the "suffering heroine" portrayed in classical melodramas.
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