The Signet Book of American Humor (Signet Classics (Paperback))
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Book Description
America's humor tradition is as complex and cacophonous as the culture that produces it. This brand-new volume blends Yiddish inflections with African-American cadences, dry WASP-ish wit with girlish giggles, proving that comedy may be the truest democracy of all, suffering no pretense and kowtowing to no authority.
Includes such stellar contributors as Scott Adams, Dave Barry, Woody Allen, Ellen DeGeneres, Langston Hughes, Cathy Guisewite, Molly Ivins, Garrison Keillor, Jean Shepherd, John Updike, Ntozake Shange, Lynda Barry, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and many more.
About the Author
Regina Barreca, is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut. She writes for the Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Ms. and other publications, and has appeared, often as a repeat guest, on 20/20, 48 Hours, and The Today Show.
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