Niebylski, Dianna C. <br/><br/>
Humoring Resistance :  Laughter and the Excessive Body in Latin American Women's Fiction. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (204 pages) 
 - SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture Series .
 - SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- HUMORING RESISTANCE -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Challenging Humor Theory with the "Humored" Body -- 2. Incontinent Bodies, Mixed Humor: Laura Esquivel -- 3. Provocative Bodies, Hard-Edged Humor: Ana Lydia Vega -- 4. Torpid Bodies, Skeptical Humor: Luisa Valenzuela -- 5. Sick Bodies, Corrosive Humor: Armonía Somers -- 6. Mutating Bodies, Entropic Humor: Alicia Borinsky -- Epilogue -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- EPILOGUE -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/> Analyzes the explosive connections among strategic uses of humor, women's bodies, and resistance in fiction by Latin American women writers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780791484951 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ7081.5 -- .N54 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>863.6099287098