Laughing Fit to Kill
Download or Read eBook Laughing Fit to Kill PDF written by Glenda Carpio and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Glenda Carpio |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195304701 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195304705 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Laughing Fit to Kill by : Glenda Carpio
Book excerpt: Reassessing the meaning of "black humor," and "dark satire," Glenda Carpio traces a tradition in which black American humorists innovated sharp-edged, occasionally gruesome, and sometimes obscene modes of surrealist humor, to represent the brutality of chattel slavery and its legacy in contemporary culture.