All content for Forgotten Hollywood is the property of JLJ Media and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Producer/Creator/Host Doug Hess takes you on a journey back in time and shares with you pieces. of Hollywood you may or may not have known about!
Episode 364-"Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema" with author Maggie Hennefeld
Forgotten Hollywood
20 minutes
2 months ago
Episode 364-"Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema" with author Maggie Hennefeld
In this episode I spoke with author Maggie Hennefeld about her latest book "Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema". Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate―or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would have us believe. How could laughter be fatal, and what do these reports of women’s risible deaths tell us about the politics of female joy?
Forgotten Hollywood
Producer/Creator/Host Doug Hess takes you on a journey back in time and shares with you pieces. of Hollywood you may or may not have known about!
