Laughing fit to kill : black humor in the fictions of slavery / Glenda R. Carpio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpio, Glenda, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

African American wit and humor--History and criticism.

African American wit and humor.

Black humor.

Slavery in literature.

Comic, The, in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern black humor represents a rich history of radical innovation stretching back to the antebellum period. 'Laughing Fit to Kill' reveals how black writers, artists, and comedians have used humor across two centuries as a uniquely powerful response to forced migration and enslavement.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-279) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029397-7

0-19-772484-1

1-281-34193-2

9786611341930

0-19-971954-3

OCLC:

476242698