Laughing fit to kill
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
Modern black humor represents a rich history of radical innovation stretching back to the antebellum period. 'Laughing Fit to Kill' reveals how black writers, artists, and comedians have used humor across two centuries as a uniquely powerful response to forced migration and enslavement.
כותר |
Laughing fit to kill : black humor in the fictions of slavery / Glenda R. Carpio. [electronic resource] |
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מהדורה |
1st ed. |
מוציא לאור |
New York Oxford University Press |
שנה |
2023 |
הערות |
Formerly CIP. Previously issued in print: 2008. Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-279) and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Contents Introduction 1 "Laffin' fit ter kill": Black Humor in the Fiction of William Wells Brown and Charles W. Chesnutt 2 The Conjurer Recoils: Slavery in Richard Pryor's Performances and Chappelle's Show 3 Conjuring the Mysteries of Slavery: Voodoo, Fetishism, and Stereotype in Ishmael Reed's Flight to Canada 4 "A Comedy of the Grotesque": Robert Colescott, Kara Walker, and the Iconography of Slavery 5 The Tragicomedy of Slavery in Suzan-Lori Parks's Early Plays Notes Bibliography Index |
סדרה |
Oxford scholarship online |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (302 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
שנת זכויות יוצרים |
�2008. |
מספר מערכת |
997010715803105171 |
תצוגת MARC
תגיות
- American literature African American authors History and criticism.
- African American wit and humor History and criticism.
- Black humor.
- Slavery in literature.
- Comic, The, in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- nne Afro-Americans in literature
- nne Negroes in literature
- Enslaved persons in literature
- nne Slavery and slaves in literature
- nne Afro-American wit and humor
- Black humor (African American humor)
- nne Negro wit and humor
- Wit and humor, African American
- Black comedy
- nne Black humor (Literature)
- Black humor in literature
- Dark humor
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