The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie.
Publication 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)Subject(s): Laughter -- Religious aspects | Laughter in literature | Wiesel, Elie, 1928- Portes de la forêt | Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996. Chinmoku | Morrison, Toni. BelovedDDC classification: 261.8 LOC classification: BT 709 | .B87 2007Online resources: Table of contents only Notre Dame Online Access
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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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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