Comedy Fantasy and Colonialism - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826448666 ISBN 13: 9780826448668

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

Synopsis

This work assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. It deals with both oral and written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations.;This title answers such questions as "What are the differing traditions of comic discourse in Western and non-Western societies?", "How is humour and fantasy culture specific?", "In what ways do local traditions of humour and fantasy adapt to imperial invasion?", "How have colonisers used humour to deal with unfamiliar and sometimes hostile conditions?" and "What is the relationship between the fantastic, the parodic and the satirical in the create of a sense of national character?".

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About the Author

Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Dean of The Honors College at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. He is Editor of the Approaches to Writing Series at Bloomsbury, Editor of the New Writing journal and is Chair of the Creative Writing Studies Organization (CWSO) in the USA. He was also inaugural Chair of HE at the UK’s National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) and is an award-winning fiction writer, Professor and Honorary Professor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826448666
• ISBN 13: 9780826448668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Harper Graeme