Humor as aesthetics and identity gun in the works of Dany Laferrière and Yinka Shonibare

The aim of this paper is to articulate the Canadian writer of Haitian descent, Dany Laferrière (1953-) autobiography, Une autobiographie américaine, to the work of the British of Nigerian descent, Yinka Shonibare (1962-), depicting mainly their usage of humour, transgression and parody of values and...

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Main Author: Eurídice Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2005-12-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/354