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Gender, Humour and Transgression in Canadian Women’s Theatre

Prague Journal of English Studies
Volume 3 (2014): Issue 1 (September 2014)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjes-2014-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2336-2685
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Language: English
Page range: 47 - 63
Published on: Sep 25, 2014
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 times per year
Keywords:
Feminism,
parody,
humour,
performance,
Canadian Theatre,
laughter,
essentialism,
gender
Related subjects:
Linguistics and semiotics,
Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,
Linguistics, other,
Philosophy of language,
Literary studies,
Anglo-American literature,
Anglo-American literature, general,
Literary theory

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