Sabrina Fuchs Abrams
Biographic Data
| ID | 6041671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabrina Fuchs Abrams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabrina Fuchs |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMS S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York Empire State College, New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Editor’s Drawers
I am honored and excited to assume the role of editor of Studies in American Humor, having served as associate editor and book review editor over the past seven years. I bring to the journal my knowledge of twentieth-century American literature and culture and feminist humor, my experience as professor of English in the graduate liberal studies program at the State University of New York, Empire State University over the past nineteen years, and …
Introduction
This special issue on feminist humor looks at the relationship between humor and feminist thought while interrogating the category of female humor itself. The “fumerist,” a term dubbed by comedian Kate Clinton, refers to the feminist humorist who celebrates female difference while expressing underlying feelings of rage.1 Pioneering theorist of feminist humor, Regina Barreca, notes the revolutionary potential of the term “fumerist,” which “capture…
The Power of Laughter
Humor by African American women writers has been largely overlooked and undervalued owing in part to the misguided expectation of feminine, subordinate behavior that precludes the expression of aggression and irreverence associated with humor. This article reappraises Jessie Redmon Fauset’s reputation as a sentimental, bourgeois female writer, looking at how she uses irony and satire to challenge racial and gender stereotypes and become a pioneer…
The Bitch Is Back
This introduction to the Mary McCarthy special issue of Women’s Studies asks, why Mary McCarthy? Why now? Mary McCarthy is one of America’s leading women intellectuals – fiction writer, literary and cultural critic, editor, and public intellectual. Her career spanned over fifty years as theatre editor of Partisan Review; autobiographical writer of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and the later Intellectual Memoirs and How I Grew; best-selling nove…
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The Bitch Is Back
This introduction to the Mary McCarthy special issue of Women’s Studies asks, why Mary McCarthy? Why now? Mary McCarthy is one of America’s leading women intellectuals – fiction writer, literary and cultural critic, editor, and public intellectual. Her career spanned over fifty years as theatre editor of Partisan Review; autobiographical writer of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and the later Intellectual Memoirs and How I Grew; best-selling nove…
The Power of Laughter
Humor by African American women writers has been largely overlooked and undervalued owing in part to the misguided expectation of feminine, subordinate behavior that precludes the expression of aggression and irreverence associated with humor. This article reappraises Jessie Redmon Fauset’s reputation as a sentimental, bourgeois female writer, looking at how she uses irony and satire to challenge racial and gender stereotypes and become a pioneer…
Introduction
This special issue on feminist humor looks at the relationship between humor and feminist thought while interrogating the category of female humor itself. The “fumerist,” a term dubbed by comedian Kate Clinton, refers to the feminist humorist who celebrates female difference while expressing underlying feelings of rage.1 Pioneering theorist of feminist humor, Regina Barreca, notes the revolutionary potential of the term “fumerist,” which “capture…
The Editor’s Drawers
I am honored and excited to assume the role of editor of Studies in American Humor, having served as associate editor and book review editor over the past seven years. I bring to the journal my knowledge of twentieth-century American literature and culture and feminist humor, my experience as professor of English in the graduate liberal studies program at the State University of New York, Empire State University over the past nineteen years, and …
Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Literature and Humor Studies (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aggression (1 work)