Events Calendar
Our calendar features a wide range of in-person and online programs, including talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more. We also highlight events of interest from the broader Jane Austen and Regency world. All event times reflect the organizers’ local time zones. JASNA regional events are additionally listed on the main JASNA web site.
To submit an event for the calendar, kindly email news@jasnanorcal.org.
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Spring Tea: Jane Austen and Feminist Humor
May 23, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Our speaker will be Audrey Bilger, Reed College President and author of Laughing Feminism: Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen.
In her book, Audrey Bilger shows that these women writers employed a full arsenal of comic weapons such as satire, burlesque, and parody to combat patriarchal nonsense and make comedy out of the discrepancies between the myth and reality of womanhood. At a time when overt feminist statements could ruin a woman’s reputation, comedy enabled these authors to smuggle feminism into their writing.