Gender Bent: Humor and the Sexes
Program arranged by the American Humor Studies Association
Presiding: Janice E. McIntire-Strasburg, Saint Louis Univ.
1. “Nyukin’ Poisonal: The Feminism of the Three Stooges,” Roxanne Schwab, Saint Louis Univ.
2. “Strange Bedfellows: On Ambrose Bierce and Dorothy Parker,” Rebecca Mitchell, Univ. of Texas–Pan American
3. “‘That Guy Doing Potsy Is Amazing’: Humor and Contemporary Manhood,” Angela Farmer, Auburn Univ., Auburn
4. “Funny Feelings: The Five Lesbian Brothers’ Oedipus at Palm Springs ,” Sara Lynn Warner, Cornell Univ.
“Fun” de Siècle: Twenty-First-Century Humor
7:15–8:30 p.m., Golden Gate 4, Hilton
Program arranged by the American Humor Studies Association
Presiding: Roxanne Schwab, Saint Louis Univ.
1. “‘Diversity Today, Because Tomorrow Is Almost Over’: Michael Scott and the Politically Correct Generation,” Rachel Hawley, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale
2. “America (the Conference Paper): The Onion Unpeeled, The Daily Show Untimed,” Adam Lifshey, Georgetown Univ.
3. “The Signifying Panties: Blues Humor in Parks’s Getting Mother’s Body,” Andrea Dimino, New Coll. of Florida
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