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

Lalla, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ409780

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Publication Date: 1990

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

Lalla, Barbara

Journal of Black Studies, v20 n4 p414-25 Jun 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, Humor, Irony, Latin American Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Nineteenth Century Literature

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica

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