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Black Laughter: Foundations of Irony in the Earliest Jamaican Literature.

Peer reviewed

Lalla, Barbara – Journal of Black Studies, 1990

Reviews the use of humor in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Black Creole Jamaican literature and song. Concludes that irony is inherent in the creative expression of early Jamaicans and writers about Jamaica, arising from inconsistencies of attitudes of Blacks toward Whites and toward themselves. (FMW)

Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Influences, Eighteenth Century Literature, Foreign Countries

Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays.

Maitino, John R., Ed.; Peck, David R., Ed. – 1996

This book features scholarly criticism on works by 19 famous authors, such as N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and more. These authors' works are widely taught, but little critical comment is yet available about them. Written specifically for instructors in literature courses,…

Descriptors: American Studies, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Pluralism