Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women and Serious Stories - Jeannie B. Thomas - Books - University of Virginia Press - 9780813917238 - July 29, 1997
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Jeannie B. Thomas
Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women and Serious Stories

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When analyzing recorded oral histories from her mother and grandmothers, Thomas noticed how inappropriate laughter often accompanied painful stories. This text applies Bakhtin's idea of carnival laughter to narratives about gender, the female body, and its significance in a nonhumourous context.

240 pages, Illustrations

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Released July 29, 1997
ISBN13 9780813917238
Publishers University of Virginia Press
Pages 240
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 25 mm   ·   562 g

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