Anna Fields: 3 books

This history of the women who make us laugh is “a piercing, smart, and essential read for students and fans of comedy” (Booklist). “I’m not funny at all. What I am is brave.” —Lucille Ball The Girl in the Show explores how comedy and feminism have grown hand in hand to give...

A fond, funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a proper young lady...or not. How does a North Carolina native go from being a tomboy with catfish guts on her overalls to becoming the next Scarlett O'Hara? Turns out, it's not so easy. Too smart, too tall, too fat, too different...Anna...

Concepts of Nature compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how and why the concept of nature no longer seems to provide a limit or standard for human action. These essays also evaluate whether a rearticulation of pre-modern ideas (or...