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Autore |
Carpio Glenda |
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Titolo |
Laughing fit to kill [[electronic resource] ] : black humor in the fictions of slavery / / Glenda R. Carpio |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-34193-2 |
9786611341930 |
0-19-971954-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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813.009896073 |
817.009/352996073 |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-279) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 Flight to Canada. 4. ""A Comedy of the Grotesque"": Robert |
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