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The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie.
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TextPublication details: New York : T & T Clark International, c2007.Description: viii, 212 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0567026779 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780567026781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0567026787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 261.8 B981L 22
- BT709 .B87 2007
Contents:
Laughter "from below" -- Authoritative voices speak : philosophers and theologians weigh-in on laughter -- "God's mistake" : Holocaust laughter in Elie Wiesel's Gates of the forest -- Believing apostates : laughter in Shusaku Endo's Silence -- Flowers in the dark : African American consciousness, laughter, and resistance in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Toward a theology of laughter.
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SAIACS General Stacks | Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) | 261.8 B981L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 048346 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
Laughter "from below" -- Authoritative voices speak : philosophers and theologians weigh-in on laughter -- "God's mistake" : Holocaust laughter in Elie Wiesel's Gates of the forest -- Believing apostates : laughter in Shusaku Endo's Silence -- Flowers in the dark : African American consciousness, laughter, and resistance in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Toward a theology of laughter.
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