Encompassing view of humor in recent Native North American literature, with particular focus on Native self-image and identity. In contrast to the popular clich

In this volume some of the leading scholars working in Native North America explore contemporary perspectives on Native culture, history, and representation. Wr

This book addresses a variety of regional humor traditions such as exploitation cinema, Brazilian chanchada, the Cantinflas heritage, the comedy of manners and

Humor and Masculinity in U.S. Fiction offers a pragmatic and theoretically informed model for analyzing how humor and gender intersect in key U.S. texts, bringi

Contributions by Eric Gary Anderson, Melanie R. Anderson, Jodi A. Byrd, Gina Caison, Robbie Ethridge, Patricia Galloway, LeAnne Howe, John Wharton Lowe, Katheri