In the belly of a laughing god humour and irony in Native women's poetry
"In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States, Joy Harjo, Louise Halfe, Kimberly Blaeser, Marilyn Dumont, Diane Glancy, Jeannette Armstrong, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker, employ humour and irony to address the intricac...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Toronto
Univ. of Toronto Press
2011
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Geschichte 1900-2000
> American poetry / Indian authors / History and criticism
> American poetry / Women authors / History and criticism
> American poetry / 20th century / History and criticism
> Humor in literature
> Irony in literature
> Canadian poetry (English) / Indian authors / History and criticism
> Canadian poetry (English) / Women authors / History and criticism
> Canadian poetry (English) / 20th century / History and criticism
> Humor
> Indianer
> Geschlechterrolle
> Frau
> Lyrik
> Nationalität
> Ironie
> Rasse
> Kanada
> USA
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Zusammenfassung: | "In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States, Joy Harjo, Louise Halfe, Kimberly Blaeser, Marilyn Dumont, Diane Glancy, Jeannette Armstrong, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker, employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality. While recognizing that humour and irony are often employed as methods of resistance, this careful analysis also acknowledges the ways in which they can be used to assert or restore order |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-297) and index Introduction -- Spiritual transformations -- Generic transformations -- Histories, memories, and the nation -- Haunting photographs, revisioning families -- Space, place, land, and the meaning(s) of home -- Conclusion : intertextual conversations |
Beschreibung: | x, 324 p. Ill. 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9780802035677 978-0-8020-3567-7 |