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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Gallows Humor"”.
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The Rhetoric of Gallows Humor: The Settler Colonial Unconscious in Reservation Dogs
… television series Reservation Dogs, I argue that gallows humor, which is defined as comedy engaging death, trauma, and suffering, functions as a distinctly Native rhetorical practice that reveals and resists ongoing colonial violence. Drawing on rhetorical studies, Native studies, and Lacanian …
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Humores Nacionales: Sátira, Costumbrismo Y Disparate En La Literatura Comica De Mexico (1960-2010)
This work looks into humor in Mexican Literature from 1960 through 2010. The first chapter analyzes how humorists have responded to symbols and narratives of Mexican nationalism. The second chapter focuses on how humor has dealt with customs--religious practices, gender relations and family …
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Slapstick Carnage: The Absurd Universe of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
… violent novel have been made: that this humor is simply a realistic depiction of the folksy, dry vernacular of the time; that it reinforces the idea that the characters are so morally bankrupt that they are able to make jokes in the midst of so much destruction; or, that it serves to keep …