In The Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry Thankfulness Shereene Razack

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In The Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry Thankfulness Shereene RazackIn the Belly of a Laughing God: Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry by Jennifer Andrews, professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick, offers critical analysis of the works of eight cotemporary women poets. Joy Harjo, Jeannette Armstrong, Kimberly Blaeser, Louise Halfe, Diane Glancy, Marilyn Dumont, Wendy Rose, and Marie Annharte Baker use humour and irony within their poetry and the author sees their works as