Abstract
Acknowledgements - PART ONE THEORIZING LAUGHTER - Introduction: Why This Book Does Not Exist - Theoretical Perspectives: Who's Laughing? - Why Laugh - PART TWO SITCOM: STORY OR SPECTACLE? - Born in the USA: A Story of Money and Angels - The Fifties - The Sixties - The Seventies - The Eighties and After - British Sitcom: A Rather Sad Story - Domestic Dragons and 'Doing it Very Well' - Female Independence or Female Lack? The Work of Carla Lane - Role and Representation: the Work of Penelope Keith - The Future - PART THREE STAND UP AND BE COUNTED - On the Halls: Ms/Readings and Negotiations - Making It on Your Own: Women in the New Comic Traditions - Take My Wife - Please! or, Coping with the Clubs - New Comedy, New Chances? - Other Selves: Character Comedy and the One Woman Show - One Woman Many Faces - Snapshots, 1987-1992: Not Really a Conclusion - Suggestions for Further Reading
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