
Me funny
Edición de la obra Me funny
| Autor | Drew Hayden Taylor |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Douglas & McIntyre |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006 |
| Lugar | Vancouver, B.C, Berkeley, Calif |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9781553651376 |
| ISBN-10 | 1553651375 |
| LCCN | 2005054400 |
| Número de Cutter | T239m |
Humor has always been an essential part of North American aboriginal culture. This fact remained unnoticed by most settlers, however, since non-aboriginals just didn't get the joke. For most of written history, a stern, unyielding profile of "the Indian" dominated the popular mainstream imagination. Indians, it was believed, never laughed. But Indians themselves always knew better. As an award-winning playwright, columnist, and comedy-sketch creator, Drew Hayden Taylor has spent 15 years writing and researching aboriginal humor. For Me Funny, he asked a noted cast of writers from a variety of fields -- including such celebrated wordsmiths as Thomas King, Allan J. Ryan, Mirjam Hirch, and Tomson Highway -- to take a look at what makes aboriginal humor tick. Their hilarious, enlightening contributions playfully examine the use of humor in areas as diverse as stand-up comedy, fiction, visual art, drama, performance, poetry, traditional storytelling, and education.