Anhembi morumbi portal aluno4/5/2024 While many feminist studies on humor posit that joking as a woman is potentially threatening to the patriarchal status quo, this study proposes that this subversion is done within a context of negotiation of power and space. This study evaluates the effects of this stereotype on the professional lives and creative processes of five prominent Brazilian women stand-up comedians. A long standing stereotype that posits women as humorless or unfunny, or joking as something unfeminine, has been consistently studied by feminist humor scholars. Negotiating power through laughter: women stand-up comedians in Brazil By Marjorie RodriguesĪpproval by first supervisor: _ Erszébet BarátĪbstract Humor is customarily defined as masculine in academic and popular discourses. In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Artsįirst supervisor: Professor Erzsébet Barát Second supervisor: Anne-Marie Korte Submitted to Central European University Department of Gender Studies NEGOTIATING POWER THROUGH LAUGHTER: WOMEN STAND-UP COMEDIANS IN BRAZIL By Marjorie Rodrigues
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