| Authors: |
Kohen, Yael, 1980-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Stand-up comedy -- United States.
Women comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Women comedians -- United States -- Interviews.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2012. |
| Description: |
xxviii, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780374287238 0374287236 |
| Contents: |
Mothers of invention -- Lily of the underground -- Primetime -- Saturday night live : the boys' club -- I am woman -- The boom years -- Janeane Garofalo and friends -- Saturday night live : the girls' club -- Comic rising. |
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| Summary: |
"Kohen assembles more than 150 interviews from America's most prominent comediennes (and the writers, producers, nightclub owners, and colleagues who revolved around them) to piece together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in American comedy"--Provided by publisher. |