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Maggie Hennefeld

Maggie Hennefeld is assistant professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is the author of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes.

Feminist Satire on Late Night Television: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Feminist Satire on Late Night Television: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

by Maggie Hennefeld
June 19, 2016

Aggressive satire gives Full Frontal a platform for envisioning alternative relations of gender and power.

Il Cinema Ritrovato 2014

Il Cinema Ritrovato 2014

by Maggie Hennefeld
July 16, 2014

A specter is haunting Bologna.

Jennifer Lawrence: On Female Spontaneous Combustion

Jennifer Lawrence: On Female Spontaneous Combustion

by Maggie Hennefeld
May 15, 2014

Comical media images of women exploding provided outlets for spectators to laugh off the hazardous politics of everyday domesticity.

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