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Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen.

The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie. - New York : T & T Clark International, c2007. - viii, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0567026779 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780567026781 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0567026787 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007020176

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wiesel, Elie, 1928- Portes de la forêt.
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996. Chinmoku.
Morrison, Toni. Beloved.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Laughter--Religious aspects.
Laughter in literature.

LC Class. No.: BT 709 / .B87 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8