Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics

by Linda Mizejewski

Book Overview

Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and television sitcoms. But fewer women who write and perform their own comedy have become stars, and, most often, they've been successful because they were willing to be funny-looking, from Fanny Brice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292756917
• ISBN13: 9780292756915
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"