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The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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): DDC classification:
  • 261.8 22
LOC classification:
  • BT709 BUS 2007
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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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction BT 709 BUS 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 16789 Available MzULM-016789

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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