LINGUIST List 7.232

Tue Feb 13 1996

Sum: Women/Language/Humour

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <dseelyemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. SEN4SH, Summary: Women/Language/Humour.

With regard to a plea for information on women/language and humour last 
December, I would like to thank the following people for their time and 
contributions:

Ursula Doleschal. ursula.doleschalwu-wien.ac.at
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp. ervintr1violet.berkeley.edu
Hannah ? Hannahutxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Alex Housen. ahousenvnet3.vub.ac.be
Kent Lee. k-lee7students.uiuc.edu
Miriam Meyerhoff. mhoffling.upenn.edu
Chris Nelson. cnelsonsla.purdue.edu
Bill Nichols. bnichnwu.edu
Linda Shokey. L.Shockeyreading.ac.uk 

Suggestions for further contact:
Jennifer Hay, who has completed a masters on gender differences in 
humour, which is available online. E-mail - Jennifer.hayvuw.ac.nz

Helga Kotthof, who is currantly researching this area. E-mail - 
helgaling.univie.ac.at

Further reading:

Finney, Gail (ed.) (1994) Look Who's Laughing: Gender and Comedy. 
Studies in Humor and Gender, Vol.1. Series editors, Regina Barreca and 
Nancy Walker. (ISBN 2-88124-645-1).

Cantor, Joanne R. (1976) What is Funny to Whom? The Role of Gender. 
Journal of Communication 26(3):164-172.

Barreca, Regina (1991) They Used to Call Me Snow White...But I Drifted: 
Women's Strategic Use of Humor. New York: Viking Penguin.


Tannen, Deborah, You Just Don't Understand. And, Gender and Discourse.
Also there is a pamphlet available from Linda Shockey (e-mail address 
above) written by her "Women and Language Group" on humour from a 
feminist perspective.

Again many thanks to those who took the time to help.

Sarah Howells
HowellssCardiff.ac.uk