Comedy, fantasy and colonialism

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Comedy, fantasy and colonialism

edited by Graeme Harper

Continuum, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index

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内容説明

Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism provides a unique insight into the ways in which comedy and fantasy operate in colonial societies. For both the colonized and the colonizers, comic and fantastic modes of story-telling, cultural exchange and social activity are shown to form an essential part of dealing iwht national and personal identity, independence, imperial power and social order. Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America, with cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonised resistance. The book deals with oral and written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations, as well as historical and cultural accounts. Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism answers such questions as 'What are the differing traditions of comic discourse in Western and non-Western societies?' 'How are comedy and fantasy culture-specific?' 'In what ways do local traditions of comedy and fantasy adapt to imperial invasion?'' How have colonisers used comedy to deal with unfamiliar and sometimes hostile conditions?' and 'What is the relationship between the fantastic, the parodic and the satirical in the creation of a sense of national character?' Graeme Harper is Director of the Centre for the Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Wales, Bangor, and research leader for a number of international programmes on national and cultural identity.

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TOC Contents 1. Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism Graeme Harper 2. Ukcombekcantsini and the Fantastic: Zulu Narratives and Colonial Culture Mark Lilleleht, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. The Game is Up: British Women's Comic Novels at the End of Empire Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University 4. The Dreamtime of Humour: Fantasy, Aboriginals and the Comicstrip in Wartime Australia Grant Stone, Murdoch University, Australia 5. Cubans on the Moon: Fantasy and Nationalism in Cuba Jill Lane, New York University 6. Fairy's on the Veld: Foreign Stories and Indigenous Folk Tales in South Africa Elwyn Jenkins, University of South Africa 7. Gautier's Parodic Exotic: 'Egyptomanie' and the Visual Landscapes of Orientalism Promita Chatterji, University of California at Berkeley 8. Across Cultures: History, Colonialism and Magic Realism Mary Hartje, Angelo State University 9. Mr Punch's Crinoline Anxiety: Indian Colonial Satire Terri Hasseler, Bryant College 10. The Cape to Cairo: Africa in Jest, Fancy Dress and Pageantry Peter Merrington, University of Western Cape 11. Laughing Matters: The Comic Timing of Irish Joking Laura Salisbury, University of London 12. Subverting a Carnivalesque Nation: Malta Under British Rule Toni Sant, New York University and Vicki Ann Cremona, University of Malta 13. Native American Humour: The Comedy of Survival Jonna Mackin, University of Vermont 14. Comedy and Fantasy in the 'Far East' (contributor to be confirmed) 15. Comic Mode and Fantasy World: The Fabulous and Funny in Colonial Cultures Graeme Harper

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