Humoring Resistance: Laughter and the Excessive Body in Latin American Women's Fiction (Suny Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)

Contextualizing theoretical debates about the political uses of gendered humor and female excess, this book explores bold new ways in which a number of contemporary Latin American women authors approach questions of identity and community. The author examines the connections among strategic uses of humor, women’s bodies, and resistance in works of fiction by Laura Esquivel, Ana Lydia Vega, Luisa Valenzuela, Armon?a Somers, and Alicia Borinsky. She shows how the interarticulation of the comic and comic-grotesque vision with different types of excessive female bodies can result in new configurations of female subjectivity. This Book Explores New Ways In Which A Number Of Contemporary Latin American Women Authors Approach Questions Of Identity And Community. The Author Examines The Connections Among Strategic Uses Of Humor, Women's Bodies, And Resistance In Works Of Fiction By Laura Esquivel, Ana Lydia Vega, Luisa Valenzuela, Armonia Somers, And Alicia Borinsky. She Shows How The Interarticulation Of The Comic And Comic-grotesque Vision With Different Types Of Excessive Female Bodies Can Result In New Configurations Of Female Subjectivity.--jacket. Challenging Humor Theory With The Body's Humors -- Incontinent Bodies, Mixed Humor: Laura Esquivel -- Provocative Bodies, Hard-edged Humor: Ana Lydia Vega -- Torpid Bodies, Skeptical Humor: Luisa Valenzuela -- Sick Bodies, Corrosive Humor: Armonia Somers -- Mutating Bodies, Entropic Humor: Alicia Borinsky. Dianna C. Niebylski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 173-187) And Index. Cover......Page 1 HUMORING RESISTANCE......Page 2 Table of Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 1. Challenging Humor Theory with the “Humored” Body......Page 24 2. Incontinent Bodies, Mixed Humor: Laura Esquivel......Page 42 3. Provocative Bodies, Hard-Edged Humor: Ana Lydia Vega......Page 64 4. Torpid Bodies, Skeptical Humor: Luisa Valenzuela......Page 84 5. Sick Bodies, Corrosive Humor: Armonía Somers......Page 106 6. Mutating Bodies, Entropic Humor: Alicia Borinsky......Page 136 Epilogue......Page 160 INTRODUCTION......Page 164 CHAPTER ONE......Page 165 CHAPTER TWO......Page 168 CHAPTER THREE......Page 171 CHAPTER FOUR......Page 174 CHAPTER FIVE......Page 178 CHAPTER SIX......Page 180 EPILOGUE......Page 182 Bibliography......Page 184 B......Page 200 F......Page 201 I......Page 202 P......Page 203 Z......Page 204 Contextualizing theoretical debates about the political uses of gendered humor and female excess, this book explores bold new ways in which a number of contemporary Latin American women authors approach questions of identity and community. The author examines the connections among strategic uses of humor, women's bodies, and resistance in works of fiction by Laura Esquivel, Ana Lydia Vega, Luisa Valenzuela, Armonía Somers, and Alicia Borinsky. She shows how the interarticulation of the comic and comic-grotesque vision with different types of excessive female bodies can result in new configurations of female subjectivity. "This book explores new ways in which a number of contemporary Latin American women authors approach questions of identity and community. The author examines the connections among strategic uses of humor, women's bodies, and resistance in works of fiction by Laura Esquivel, Ana Lydia Vega, Luisa Valenzuela, Armonia Somers, and Alicia Borinsky. She shows how the interarticulation of the comic and comic-grotesque vision with different types of excessive female bodies can result in new configurations of female subjectivity."--BOOK JACKET. Analyzes the explosive connections among strategic uses of humor, women's bodies, and resistance in fiction by Latin American women writers.