Laughing Fit to Kill : Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery.
Title:
Laughing Fit to Kill : Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery.
Author:
Carpio, Glenda.
ISBN:
9780199719549
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (538 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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