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Introduction: Revamping the Four Major Theories on Humor
1. Fumerism: Feminist Anger and Joy from Roseanne Barr to Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes
2. Fighting Back against Islamophobia and Post-9/11 Nationalism: Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid, Hari Kondabolu, and Others
3. Can the Animal Subaltern Laugh? Mocking Alpha Males with Georgia and Koko
4. A Catharsis of Shame: The Belly Laugh and SlutWalk
5. Solidaric Empathy and a Prison Roast with Jeff Ross
Conclusion. Humor Can’t Wait: In the Tragic with Tig Notaro and Hannah Gadsby
Acknowledgments
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Uproarious
How Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth
Cynthia Willett and Julie Willett
University of Minnesota Press
Minneapolis
London
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