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Publication details [#14183]
Kotthoff, Helga. 2000. Gender and joking: On the complexities of women's image politics in humorous narratives. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (1) : 55–80.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study analyzes humorous anecdotes by female narrators about their own personal misadventures or inadequacies, as seen in the context of complex conversational image politics. It is shown how via self-mockery, the women express specific aspects of their identity. An explanation is given for why only women use this type of self-mockery, and not men.