03787nam 2200733 450 991046094690332120200520144314.01-4426-6184-41-4426-5772-310.3138/9781442661844(CKB)3710000000355907(EBL)3297066(SSID)ssj0001436752(PQKBManifestationID)12538842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436752(PQKBWorkID)11442570(PQKB)10415165(CEL)438667(OCoLC)905361889(CaBNVSL)slc00235568(MiAaPQ)EBC3297066(MiAaPQ)EBC4669967(DE-B1597)479159(OCoLC)979905697(DE-B1597)9781442661844(Au-PeEL)EBL4669967(CaPaEBR)ebr11256481(OCoLC)958562295(EXLCZ)99371000000035590720160920h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the belly of a laughing god humour and irony in Native women's poetry /Jennifer AndrewsToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2011.©20111 online resource (320 p.)Heritage0-8020-3567-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 2. Generic Transformations -- 3. Histories, Memories, and the Nation -- 4. Haunting Photographs, Revisioning Families -- 5. Space, Place, Land, and the Meaning(s) of Home -- Conclusion: Intertextual Conversations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Illustration Credits -- IndexHow can humour and irony in writing both create and destroy boundaries? In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States - Joy Harjo, Louise Halfe, Kimberly Blaeser, Marilyn Dumont, Diane Glancy, Jeannette Armstrong, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker - employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality. While recognizing that humour and irony are often employed as methods of resistance, this careful analysis also acknowledges the ways that they can be used to assert or restore order.Using the framework of humour and irony, five themes emerge from the words of these poets: religious transformations; generic transformations; history, memory, and the nation; photography and representational visibility; and land and the significance of 'home.' Through the double-voice discourse of irony and the textual surprises of humour, these poets challenge hegemonic renderings of themselves and their cultures, even as they enforce their own cultural norms.American poetryIndian authorsHistory and criticismAmerican poetryWomen authorsHistory and criticismAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismHumor in literatureIrony in literatureElectronic books.American poetryIndian authorsHistory and criticism.American poetryWomen authorsHistory and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticism.Humor in literature.Irony in literature.C811.540917Andrews Jennifer Courtney Elizabeth1971-988305MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460946903321In the belly of a laughing god2259992UNINA