{"product_id":"in-the-belly-of-a-jennifer-andrews-9780802035677","title":"In the Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can humour and irony in writing both create and destroy boundaries? \u003cem\u003eIn the Belly of a Laughing God\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Andrews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802035671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802035677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Jennifer Andrews","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065132527871,"sku":"9780802035677","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56d37391-c0cf-4290-baa7-c62076f0f50d.jpg?v=1768673206","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-belly-of-a-jennifer-andrews-9780802035677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}