Women's Comedic Art As Social Revolution: Five Performers and the Lessons of Their Subversive Humor

Product description Review "detailed study of the historical and practical ways in which women's humor serves as social commentary. Recommended"-Choice; "Never before has the history of Western women in comedy been written with such historical scope or comparative detail. Radulescu brings the astute eye of the theatre historian to a socially committed feminist inquiry into women's humor, creating a study useful for scholars and practitioners, teachers and students."-Jill Dolan, Princeton University. About the Author Domnica Radulescu is a distinguished professor of Romance languages at Washington and Lee University. She has authored, edited, or coedited nine scholarly books and collections of essays. Two of her plays have received recognition from the Jane Chambers Playwriting award and she is the author of two best-selling novels, with a third novel soon to be released. She is the founding director of the National Symposium of Theater in Academe.