5041382
9781571133502
"This first comprehensive study explores the use of humor in today's Native writing, focusing on a wide variety of texts spanning all genres. It combines concepts from cultural studies and humor studies with approaches by Native thinkers and critics, analyzing the possible effects of humorous forms of representation on the self-image and identity formation of Native individuals and Native cultures. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Native Studies both literary and cultural. Due to its encompassing approach, it will also provide a point of entry for the wider readership interested in contemporary Native writing."--BOOK JACKET.Scheunemann, Dietrich is the author of 'Expressionist Film New Perspectives', published 2006 under ISBN 9781571133502 and ISBN 157113350X.
[read more]