Humor and Masculinity in U.S. Fiction: Intersections, Performances, and Functions

By Joseph L. Coulombe

Humor and Masculinity in U.S. Fiction offers a pragmatic and theoretically informed model for analyzing how humor and gender intersect in key U.S. texts, bringing much needed attention to the complex ways that humor can both support and subvert masculine codes and behaviors in American literature, culture, and thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032752157
• ISBN13: 9781032752150
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"