Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon

Zusatztext "Recommended." - Choice "Humor remains classed, gendered, and very serious business in Caribbean literary spheres, perhaps because of the acute self-consciousness of the region's middle class about being perceived as respectable and/or modern. Vasquez' study crosses canonical and generic borders in unexpected ways - a novel by Hurston, the poetry of Bennett and McKay, the plays of Walcott and Césaire, in the same conversation. This offers us unexpected and refreshing juxtapositions, and prompts new questions and perspectives." - Faith Smith, Brandeis University "An extraordinarily insightful book on the delightful topic of Caribbean literary humor. Vasquez makes us think hard about the transformative power of laughter." - Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Michigan, author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Informationen zum Autor Sam Vásquez is an assistant professor of English at Dartmouth College. Klappentext Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon intimately examines Caribbean writers who engage canonical Western texts and forms, while using humor to challenge Western representations of people of African descent. Zusammenfassung Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon intimately examines Caribbean writers who engage canonical Western texts and forms, while using humor to challenge Western representations of people of African descent. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Take Bad Something Make Laugh: The Emergence of Humor in the Caribbean Literary Tradition Stiff Words Frighten Poor Folk: Humor, Orality, and Gender in Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain Slackness and a Mento Aesthetic: Louise Bennett's Trickster Poetics and Jamaican Women's Explorations of Sexuality The Laughing Corpse: Humorous Performances of Spirituality, Sexuality, and Identity in Aimé Césaire's A Tempest Man Friday Speaks: Calypso Humor and the Reworking of Hierarchy in Derek Walcott's Pantomime Conclusion: Contemporary Literary Crossing and Humor in the Caribbean...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: V. Squez, Sam V. Squez, S. Vasquez, Sam Vasquez, S Vásquez, S. Vásquez, VASQUEZ SAM
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.2012
• EAN: 9781137010285
• ISBN: 978-1-137-01028-5
• Pagine: 222
• Serie: New Caribbean Studies; New Caribbean Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; B, Ethnic Studies, Literature, Cultural Studies, Ethnicity, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, World Literature, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Postcolonial/World Literature