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Cheeky Fictions : Laughter and the Postcolonial / / edited by Susanne Reichl, Mark Stein
| Cheeky Fictions : Laughter and the Postcolonial / / edited by Susanne Reichl, Mark Stein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Collana | Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The, in literature
Laughter in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
94-012-0293-1
1-4237-9120-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Susanne REICHL/Mark STEIN: Introduction -- I. Laughter's double vision - Humour and cultural ambiguity -- Ulrike ERICHSEN: Smiling in the face of adversity: How to use humour to defuse cultural conflict -- Anthony ILONA: 'Laughing through the tears': Mockery and self-representation in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas and Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance -- Virginia RICHTER: Laughter and aggression: Desire and derision in a postcolonial context -- Helga RAMSEY-KURZ: Humouring the terrorists or the terrorised? Militant Muslims in Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, and Hanif Kureishi -- II. Traditions and transgressions - Writing back and forth -- Heinz ANTOR: Postcolonial laughter in Canada: Mordecai Richler's The Incomparable Atuk -- Susan LEVER: The colonizer's gift of cursing: Satire in David Foster's Moonlite -- Michael MEYER: Swift and Sterne revisited: Postcolonial parodies in Rushdie and Singh-Toor -- Detlef GOHRBANDT: After-laughter, or the comedy of decline: Ronald Searle's critique of postwar Englishness in The Rake's Progress -- III. Ethnic cabaret - A license to laugh? -- Mita BANERJEE: Queer laughter: Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy and the normative as comic -- Astrid FELLNER/Klaus HEISSENBERGER: 'I was born in East L.A.': Humour and the displacement of nationality and ethnicity -- Christiane SCHLOTE: 'The sketch's the thing wherein we'll catch the conscience of the audience': Strategies and pitfalls of ethnic TV comedies in Britain, the United States, and Germany -- IV. The language of humour - The humour of language -- Margit OZVALDA: Worlds apart: Schools in postcolonial Indian fiction -- Susanne PICHLER: Interculturality and humour in Timothy Mo's Sour Sweet -- Susanne MÜHLEISEN: What makes an accent funny, and why? Black British Englishes and humour televised -- V. Laughing it off - Does therapeutic humour work? -- Maggie Ann BOWERS: 'Ethnic glue': Humour in Native American literatures -- Annie GAGIANO: Using a comic vision to contend with tragedy: Three unusual African English novels -- Gisela FEURLE: Madam & Eve - Ten Wonderful Years: A cartoon strip and its role in post-apartheid South Africa -- Wendy WOODWARD: Laughing back at the kingfisher: Zakes Mda's The Heart of Redness and postcolonial humour -- Index -- Contributors. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Laughter and the Postcolonial |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451572003321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cheeky Fictions : Laughter and the Postcolonial / / edited by Susanne Reichl, Mark Stein
| Cheeky Fictions : Laughter and the Postcolonial / / edited by Susanne Reichl, Mark Stein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Collana | Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The, in literature
Laughter in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
| ISBN |
94-012-0293-1
1-4237-9120-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Susanne REICHL/Mark STEIN: Introduction -- I. Laughter's double vision - Humour and cultural ambiguity -- Ulrike ERICHSEN: Smiling in the face of adversity: How to use humour to defuse cultural conflict -- Anthony ILONA: 'Laughing through the tears': Mockery and self-representation in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas and Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance -- Virginia RICHTER: Laughter and aggression: Desire and derision in a postcolonial context -- Helga RAMSEY-KURZ: Humouring the terrorists or the terrorised? Militant Muslims in Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, and Hanif Kureishi -- II. Traditions and transgressions - Writing back and forth -- Heinz ANTOR: Postcolonial laughter in Canada: Mordecai Richler's The Incomparable Atuk -- Susan LEVER: The colonizer's gift of cursing: Satire in David Foster's Moonlite -- Michael MEYER: Swift and Sterne revisited: Postcolonial parodies in Rushdie and Singh-Toor -- Detlef GOHRBANDT: After-laughter, or the comedy of decline: Ronald Searle's critique of postwar Englishness in The Rake's Progress -- III. Ethnic cabaret - A license to laugh? -- Mita BANERJEE: Queer laughter: Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy and the normative as comic -- Astrid FELLNER/Klaus HEISSENBERGER: 'I was born in East L.A.': Humour and the displacement of nationality and ethnicity -- Christiane SCHLOTE: 'The sketch's the thing wherein we'll catch the conscience of the audience': Strategies and pitfalls of ethnic TV comedies in Britain, the United States, and Germany -- IV. The language of humour - The humour of language -- Margit OZVALDA: Worlds apart: Schools in postcolonial Indian fiction -- Susanne PICHLER: Interculturality and humour in Timothy Mo's Sour Sweet -- Susanne MÜHLEISEN: What makes an accent funny, and why? Black British Englishes and humour televised -- V. Laughing it off - Does therapeutic humour work? -- Maggie Ann BOWERS: 'Ethnic glue': Humour in Native American literatures -- Annie GAGIANO: Using a comic vision to contend with tragedy: Three unusual African English novels -- Gisela FEURLE: Madam & Eve - Ten Wonderful Years: A cartoon strip and its role in post-apartheid South Africa -- Wendy WOODWARD: Laughing back at the kingfisher: Zakes Mda's The Heart of Redness and postcolonial humour -- Index -- Contributors. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Laughter and the Postcolonial |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777648403321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graeme Harper
| Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graeme Harper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarperGraeme |
| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - History and criticism
Fantasy literature - History and criticism Imperialism in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-29815-8
9786611298159 1-84714-216-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories
CHAPTER SEVEN: Magic realism: humour across culturesCHAPTER EIGHT: Mr Punch's crinoline anxiety: the Indian Rebellion and the rhetoric of dress; CHAPTER NINE: Cape-to-Cairo: Africa in Masonic fantasy; CHAPTER TEN: Laughing matters: the comic timing of Irish joking; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Two hundred years of colonial laughter in Malta: Carnival and Pantomime in Malta under British rule; CHAPTER TWELVE: Trickster-outlaws and the comedy of survival; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Capturing the antipodes: an imaginary voyage to Terra Australis; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451148803321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graeme Harper
| Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Graeme Harper |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarperGraeme |
| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - History and criticism
Fantasy literature - History and criticism Imperialism in literature |
| ISBN |
1-281-29815-8
9786611298159 1-84714-216-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories
CHAPTER SEVEN: Magic realism: humour across culturesCHAPTER EIGHT: Mr Punch's crinoline anxiety: the Indian Rebellion and the rhetoric of dress; CHAPTER NINE: Cape-to-Cairo: Africa in Masonic fantasy; CHAPTER TEN: Laughing matters: the comic timing of Irish joking; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Two hundred years of colonial laughter in Malta: Carnival and Pantomime in Malta under British rule; CHAPTER TWELVE: Trickster-outlaws and the comedy of survival; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Capturing the antipodes: an imaginary voyage to Terra Australis; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784834503321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The idea of comedy [[electronic resource] ] : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson
| The idea of comedy [[electronic resource] ] : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson |
| Autore | Hokenson Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The, in literature
Comedy - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8386-4341-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458174503321 |
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| Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The idea of comedy [[electronic resource] ] : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson
| The idea of comedy [[electronic resource] ] : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson |
| Autore | Hokenson Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The, in literature
Comedy - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 0-8386-4341-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791565703321 |
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Hokenson Jan
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| Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The idea of comedy : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson
| The idea of comedy : a critique / / Jan Walsh Hokenson |
| Autore | Hokenson Jan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The, in literature
Comedy - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 0-8386-4341-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Aims and Terms -- From Classical to Modern: The Arc from Ethical to Social Conceptions -- The Dominant Modernist Conception of Comedy: Premises and Elisions -- The Late Modernist Conception of Comedy: Premises and Elisions -- Twin Modernist Elisions -- The Interlude of Postmodernist Conceptions -- Comedy in Contemporary Thought -- Epilogue: The Contemporary Idea of Comedy -- Reference List. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910961139803321 |
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| Madison [N.J.], : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Irony in the age of empire [[electronic resource] ] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / / Cynthia Willett
| Irony in the age of empire [[electronic resource] ] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / / Cynthia Willett |
| Autore | Willett Cynthia <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Collana | American philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy - Political aspects - United States
Comedy - Social aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-26320-X
0-253-00313-X 9786612263200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Laughter against hubris : a preemptive strike -- Laughing to keep from crying : Cornel West, pragmatism, and progressive comedy -- Authenticity in an age of satire : Ellison, Sartre, Bergson, and Spike Lee's Bamboozled -- Engage the enemy : Cavell, comedies of remarriage, and the politics of friendship -- Three concepts of freedom. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454893403321 |
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Willett Cynthia <1956->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Irony in the age of empire [[electronic resource] ] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / / Cynthia Willett
| Irony in the age of empire [[electronic resource] ] : comic perspectives on democracy and freedom / / Cynthia Willett |
| Autore | Willett Cynthia <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Collana | American philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy - Political aspects - United States
Comedy - Social aspects - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-26320-X
0-253-00313-X 9786612263200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Laughter against hubris : a preemptive strike -- Laughing to keep from crying : Cornel West, pragmatism, and progressive comedy -- Authenticity in an age of satire : Ellison, Sartre, Bergson, and Spike Lee's Bamboozled -- Engage the enemy : Cavell, comedies of remarriage, and the politics of friendship -- Three concepts of freedom. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778323403321 |
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Willett Cynthia <1956->
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| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Love song for the life of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on the purpose of comedy / / Gene Fendt
| Love song for the life of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on the purpose of comedy / / Gene Fendt |
| Autore | Fendt Gene <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.917 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic, The
Comedy Iphigenia (Greek mythology) Tragedy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8132-1604-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The problem of the Iphigenia and the purposes of tragedy -- The purpose of comedy -- The exemplary comic fiction : resolution, catharsis, and culture in As you like it -- A love song for the life of the mind : Arcadia -- Epilogue : "Still awake and drinking" : Symposium 223c, d. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455934903321 |
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Fendt Gene <1955->
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| Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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