In the Belly of a Laughing God

Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry

Jennifer Andrews

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English

University of Toronto Press
31 May 2011

Literary studies: poetry & poets

Series: Heritage

How can humour and irony in writing both create and destroy boundaries? In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States - Joy Harjo, Louise Halfe, Kimberly Blaeser, Marilyn Dumont, Diane Glancy, Jeannette Armstrong, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker - employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality. While recognizing that humour and irony are often employed as methods of resistance, this careful analysis also acknowledges the ways that they can be used to assert or restore order.

Using the framework of humour and irony, five themes emerge from the words of these poets: religious transformations; generic transformations; history, memory, and the nation; photography and representational visibility; and land and the significance of 'home.'

Through the double-voice discourse of irony and the textual surprises of humour, these poets challenge hegemonic renderings of themselves and their cultures, even as they enforce their own cultural norms.

By: Jennifer Andrews
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780802035677
ISBN 10: 0802035671
Series: Heritage
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 May 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Andrews is a professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick.

Reviews for In the Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry

'In the Belly of a Laughing God sheds new light on an important and previously underdeveloped topic. I was very happy to see book-length criticism on these poets, and I hope this text inspires even more work.' -- David Gaertner English Studies in Canada, vol 37:01:2011 'Andrews' treatment of the theme of transformation constitutes an important contribution to the field, and if her main intention is to honor the work of these Native women poets with earnest scholarship, she has accomplished just that.' -- Patricia Killelea Canadian Review of Comparative Literature June 2013