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1	Until the room is quiet a memoir / Coutley, Lisa Fey, January 2007 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Michigan University, 2007. / Autobiographical essays. Coutley, Lisa Fey,
2	Laughing Outside My Box: A Risky and Contextual Love Story in Three Lady Parts Hull, Heather 01 December 2009 (has links) This purpose of this document is to examine risk as a thematic element in the practice of comedy as performed by women. Risk is evident in various ways: individual female comedic performance, the labeling of someone as "female comedic performer" and in being an individual female who strives to undertake comedy as a means of personal performance. Through an analysis of comedians Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman and myself, this thesis recognizes an appreciation of that risk, argues for the importance of context in thinking about comedy, and ultimately calls for the further inclusion of women in the historical canon of comedic performance. Comedy Kathy Griffin Risk Sarah Silverman Tina Fey Women
3	"That's What She Said": Politics, Transgression, and Women's Humor in Contemporary American Television" Lewis, Melinda Maureen 28 March 2014 (has links) No description available. American Studies Womens Studies Mass Media Film Studies Television Womens Studies Humor Sitcom Situation Comedy Comedy Authorship Transgression Lena Dunham Diablo Cody Amy Poehler Tina Fey Popular Culture Media Studies