Bøger af Jeannie B. Thomas

When analyzing recorded oral histories from her mother and grandmothers, Thomas noticed how inappropriate laughter often accompanied painful stories. This text applies Bakhtin's idea of carnival laughter to narratives about gender, the female body, and its significance in a nonhumourous context.

A folkloric examination of mass-produced material culture in the United States. This book examines the gendered sculptural forms that are among the most visible, including Barbie and GI Joe dolls. It locates these various objects of folk art within a discussion of the post-women's movement discourse on gender.