The laughter of the oppressed :
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.
9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0567026779 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780567026781 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0567026787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007020176
Laughter--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Laughter in literature.
BT709 / BUS 2007
261.8
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.
9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0567026779 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780567026781 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0567026787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007020176
Laughter--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Laughter in literature.
BT709 / BUS 2007
261.8