Laughter as Ethical and Theological Resistance: Leymah Gbowee, Sarah, and the Hidden Transcript.

Through an analysis of Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee’s memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, as well as the story of the biblical Sarah, this essay argues that laughter is a liberating means of ethical and theological resistance, a manifestation of the “hidden transcript” constructed by the margina...

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Publicado en:Interpretation: A Journal of Bible & Theology Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 169 - 183
Autor principal: Bussie, Jacqueline A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2015
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