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200 10$aLaughing fit to kill$b[electronic resource] $eblack humor in the fictions of slavery /$fGlenda R. Carpio
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (302 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-279) and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aIntroduction. 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 Colescott, Kara Walker and the Iconography of Slavery. 5. The Tragicomedy of Slavery in Suzan-Lori Parks' Early Plays. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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606   $aBlack humor
606   $aSlavery in literature
606   $aComic, The, in literature
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615  0$aAfrican American wit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
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615  0$aSlavery in literature.
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