Laughing fit to kill : black humor in the fictions of slavery /

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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 and Chappelle's Show. 3. Conjuring the Mysteries of Slavery: Voodoo, Fetishism, and Stereotype in Ishmael Reed's Fl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carpio, Glenda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Temas:
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.
Humour noir américain > Histoire et critique.
Humour noir.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Comique dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
HUMOR > General.
African American wit and humor
African Americans in literature
American literature > African American authors
Black humor
Comic, The, in literature
Slavery in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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