Laughing fit to kill : black humor in the fictions of slavery /

Reassessing the meanings of "black humor" and "dark satire", this book illustrates how black comedians, writers, and artists have deftly deployed various modes of comedic "conjuring"--The absurd, the grotesque, and the strategic expression of racial stereotypes- to redr...

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Main Author: Carpio, Glenda
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:Table of contents only

Emerson

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Call Number: PS153.N5 C373 2008

Emmanuel

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Call Number: PS153.N5 C373 2008

Simmons

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Call Number: PS153.N5 C373 2008