| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-279) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
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African American wit and humor -- History and criticism
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Black humor.
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Slavery in literature.
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Comic, The, in literature.
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African Americans in literature.
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HUMOR -- General.
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African American wit and humor
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African Americans in literature
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American literature -- African American authors
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Black humor
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Comic, The, in literature
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Slavery in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007041364 |
| ISBN |
9780199719549 |
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0199719543 |
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1281341932 |
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9781281341938 |
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9786611341930 |
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6611341935 |
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