The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo - Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen (New York : T & T Clark International, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
Keywords: Laughter -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Laughter in literature