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The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo

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The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie.
Author
Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen
Publication
New York : T & T Clark International, c2007.

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viii, 212 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016. Portes de la forêt
  • Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996. Chinmoku
  • Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019. Beloved
  • Laughter > Religious aspects
  • Laughter in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc E 08-225
ISBN
  • 9780567026774 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0567026779 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780567026781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0567026787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007020176
OCLC
133465485
Author
Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen.
Title
The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo / Jacqueline A. Bussie.
Imprint
New York : T & T Clark International, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
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Sc E 08-225
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