The laughter of the oppressed ethical and theological resistance in Wiesel, Morrison, and Endo. - Bussie, Jacqueline Aileen (London Clark, 2007)
Laughter "from below" -- Authoritative voices speak : philosophers and theologians weigh-in on laughter -- "God's mistake" : Holocaust laughter in Elie Wiesel's Gates of the forest -- Believing apostates : laughter in Shusaku Endo's Silence -- Flowers in the dark : African American consciousness, laughter, and resistance in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Toward a theology of laughter.
Keywords: Laughter in literature; Laughter -- Religious aspects&delete& -- Christianity; 82-7 -- Humor. Satire