Laughing fit to kill [[electronic resource] ] : black humor in the fictions of slavery / / Glenda R. Carpio |
Autore | Carpio Glenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
813.009896073
817.009/352996073 |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-34193-2
9786611341930 0-19-971954-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454647903321 |
Carpio Glenda | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Laughing fit to kill [[electronic resource] ] : black humor in the fictions of slavery / / Glenda R. Carpio |
Autore | Carpio Glenda |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
813.009896073
817.009/352996073 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism
African American wit and humor - History and criticism Slavery in literature Comic, The, in literature African Americans in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-772484-1
1-281-34193-2 9786611341930 0-19-971954-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782292703321 |
Carpio Glenda | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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