The Satire of Ishmael Reed : From Non-standard Sexuality to Argumentation.

Intro -- Contents -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ISHMAEL REED: THE OPINIONS OF THE MAN BEHIND THE NOVELS -- 2.1 Sources, Labels, and Stereotypes Rejected: On the Black Arts Movement, the Label of Satirist, and the Media Portrayal of African Americans -- 2.2 On Sources Approved: On the Influence of Neo-HooDoo, Jazz, and Everyday Life -- 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH -- 3.1 General Theory of Verbal Humour: The Case for Incongruity -- 3.2 GTVH: Its Limitations and Strengths -- 3.3 On the Critical Reception of GTVH -- 4 DEFINITION OF SATIRE AND IRONY: REFUSING TO STRUGGLE WITH PROTEUS -- 5 THE EVOLUTION OF SATIRICAL TECHNIQUES IN THE NOVELS OF ISHMAEL REED -- 5.1 Non-standard Sexuality: Its Definition and Targets -- 5.1.1 The Freelance Pallbearers in Context -- 5.1.2 Non-standard Sexuality in The Free-Lance Pallbearers -- 5.1.3 Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down in Context -- 5.1.4 Non-standard Sexuality in Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down -- 5.1.5 Flight to Canada in Context -- 5.1.6 Non-standard Sexuality in Flight to Canada -- 5.2 Contrast-based Irony: Its Definition and Targets -- 5.2.1 Contrast-based Irony in The Free-Lance Pallbearers -- 5.2.2 Contrast-based Irony in Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down -- 5.2.3 Mumbo Jumbo in Context -- 5.2.4 Contrast-based Irony in Mumbo Jumbo -- 5.2.5 The Last Days of Louisiana Red in Context -- 5.2.6 Contrast-based Irony in The Last Days of Louisiana Red -- 5.2.7 Contrast-based Irony in Flight to Canada -- 5.2.8 The Terrible Twos and The Terrible Threes in Context -- 5.2.9 Contrast-based Irony in The Terrible Twos and The Terrible Threes -- 5.3 Argument-based Satire: Its Definition and Targets -- 5.3.1 Reckless Eyeballing in Context -- 5.3.2 Argument-based Satire in Reckless Eyeballing -- 5.3.3 Argument-based Satire in The Terrible Threes -- 5.3.4 Japanese by Spring in Context.

5.3.5 Argument-based Satire in Japanese by Spring -- 5.3.6 Juice! in Context -- 5.3.7 Argument-based Satire in Juice! -- 6 DISCUSSION: ARGUMENT-BASED SATIRE AGAINST POST-RACIALITY -- 6.1 On the Dependency of Satire on Social Norms -- 6.2 On the American Movement to a Post-racial Society -- 6.3 On the Toll of Post-raciality on African Americans -- 7 CONCLUSION -- RESUMÉ -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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