Laughing fit to kill : black humor in the fictions of slavery /
Glenda R. Carpio.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xi, 287 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-279) and index.
American literature--African American authors--History and criti cism. African American wit and humor--History and criticism. Black humor. Slavery in literature. Comic, The, in literature. African Americans in literature.