TY - BOOK AU - Bussie,Jacqueline Aileen TI - The laughter of the oppressed: ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo SN - 9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BT 709 .B87 2007 U1 - 261.8 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - T & T Clark International KW - Wiesel, Elie, KW - Endō, Shūsaku, KW - Morrison, Toni. KW - Laughter KW - Religious aspects KW - Laughter in literature N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020176.html ER -