Title Minstrelsy and murder : the crisis of Southern humor, 1835-1925 / Andrew Silver.

Publication Info.	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
	©2006

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS261 .S44 2006	Available	---

Description	xii, 222 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	Southern literary studies
	Southern literary studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Contents	Faithless signs and pandaemonian riots : the amphibious politics of Longstreet's dialect humor -- Making minstrelsy of murder : George Washington Harris, the Ku Klux Klan, and the reconstruction aesthetic of fright -- Was Jim white? : navigating racial discourse in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Making murder of minstrelsy : Charles Chesnutt's Ha'nts.
Subject	American wit and humor -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
	American wit and humor.
	Southern States.
	Humorous stories, American -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
	Humorous stories, American.
	American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Southern States -- Intellectual life.
	Intellectual life.
	Southern States -- In literature.
ISBN	080713080X alkaline paper
	9780807130803 alkaline paper