The laughter of the oppressed : ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo /
Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen.
New York ; London : T & T Clark International,
c2007.
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.
Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996.
Morrison, Toni.
Laughter
Laughter in literature.