Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism [Paperback]

Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.

TOCContents 1. Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism Graeme Harper 2. Ukcombekcantsini and the Fantastic: Zulu Narratives and Colonial Culture Mark Lilleleht, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. The Game is Up: British Women's Comic Novels at the End of Empire Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University 4. The Dreamtime of Humour: Fantasy, Aboriginals and the Comicstrip in Wartime Australia Grant Stone, Murdoch University, Australia 5. Cubans on the Moon: Fantasy and Nationalism in Cuba Jill Lane, New York University 6. Fairy's on the Veld: Foreign Stories and Indigenous Folk Tales in South Africa Elwyn Jenkins, University of South Africa 7. Gautier's Parodic Exotic: 'Egyptomanie' and the Visual Landscapes of Orientalism Promita Chatterji, University of California at Berkeley 8. Across Cultures: History, Colonialism and Magic Realism Mary Hartje, Angelo State University 9. Mr Punch's Crinoline Anxiety: Indian Colonial Satire Terri Hasseler, Bryant College 10. The Cape to Cairo: Africa in Jest, Fancy Dress and Pageantry Peter Merrington, University of Western Cape 11. Laughing Matters: The Comic Timing of Irish Joking Laura Salisbury, University of London 12. Subverting a Carnivalesque Nation: Malta Under British Rule Toni Sant, New York University and Vicki Ann Cremona, University of Malta 13. Native American Humour: The Comedy of Survival Jonna Mackin, University of Vermont 14. Comedy and Fantasy in the 'Far East' (contributor to be col3R