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Book Synopsis
Focusing on star writer/performer comediansKathy Griffin, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneresPretty/Funny demonstrates that women's comedy has become a prime site of feminism in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Pretty/Funny Women and Comedy's Body Politics: Funniness, Prettiness, and Feminism
  • Chapter One. Kathy Griffin and the Comedy of the D List
  • Chapter Two. Feminism, Postfeminism, Liz Lemonism: Picturing Tina Fey
  • Chapter Three. Sarah Silverman: Bedwetting, Body Comedy, and "a Mouth Full of Blood Laughs"
  • Chapter Four. Margaret Cho Is Beautiful: A Comedy of Manifesto
  • Chapter Five. "White People Are Looking at You!" Wanda Sykes's Black Looks
  • Chapter Six. Ellen DeGeneres: Pretty Funny Butch as Girl Next Door
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9781477307601
      978-1477307601
      ISBN-10 1477307605
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focusing on star writer/performer comediansKathy Griffin, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneresPretty/Funny demonstrates that women's comedy has become a prime site of feminism in the twenty-first century.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction. Pretty/Funny Women and Comedy's Body Politics: Funniness, Prettiness, and Feminism
      • Chapter One. Kathy Griffin and the Comedy of the D List
      • Chapter Two. Feminism, Postfeminism, Liz Lemonism: Picturing Tina Fey
      • Chapter Three. Sarah Silverman: Bedwetting, Body Comedy, and "a Mouth Full of Blood Laughs"
      • Chapter Four. Margaret Cho Is Beautiful: A Comedy of Manifesto
      • Chapter Five. "White People Are Looking at You!" Wanda Sykes's Black Looks
      • Chapter Six. Ellen DeGeneres: Pretty Funny Butch as Girl Next Door
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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