Gender and Humor

<p>In the mid-seventies both gender studies and humor studies emerged as new disciplines with scholars from various fields undertaking research in these areas. The first publications that emerged in the field of gender studies came out of disciplines such as philosophy history and literature while early works in the area of humor studies initially concentrated on language linguistics and psychology. Since then both fields have flourished but largely independently. This book draws together and focuses the work of scholars from diverse disciplines on intersections of gender and humor giving voice to approaches in disciplines such as film television literature linguistics translation studies and popular culture.</p>