Joseph L Coulombe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1473359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph L Coulombe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph L |
| FAMILY NAME | Coulombe |
| SIGNATURE | COULOMBE J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rowan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Efficacy of Humor in Sherman Alexie's Flight: Violence, Vulnerability, and the Post-9/11 World
Sherman Alexie’s novel Flight (2007) explores the origins, contexts, and consequences of violence and terrorism in the post-9/11 world. Narrated by a fifteen-year-old foster child who calls himself Zits, Flight invites readers into the mind of a disaffected youth who uses both humor and violence to cope with an unjust world. When Zits opens fire in a bank lobby, he becomes unstuck in time— like Kurt Vonnegut’s character Billy Pilgrim in Slaughter…
Reading Native American Literature
Native American literature explores divides between public and private cultures, ethnicities and experience. In this volume, Joseph Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are ‘writing for connection’ with both Native and non-Native audiences. Beginning with a historical overview of Native American literature, this book presents focused readings of key texts including: • N. Scott Mo…
The Approximate Size of His Favorite Humor: Sherman Alexie's Comic Connections and Disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
In Sherman Alexie's recent directorial debut,The Business of Fancydancing (viewed in April, 2002, at the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema), the primary character, Seymour, is a Spokane Indian who moves to Seattle to attend college and pursue fame as a poet. 1 Many of his Indian friends who remain on the reservation accuse him of selling out to white society. To a degree the film investigates Alexie's own choices and their repercussions. Alth…
The Approximate Size of His Favorite Humor: Sherman Alexie's Comic Connections and Disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
In Sherman Alexie's recent directorial debut,The Business of Fancydancing (viewed in April, 2002, at the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema), the primary character, Seymour, is a Spokane Indian who moves to Seattle to attend college and pursue fame as a poet. 1 Many of his Indian friends who remain on the reservation accuse him of selling out to white society. To a degree the film investigates Alexie's own choices and their repercussions. Alth…
Reading Native American Literature
Native American literature explores divides between public and private cultures, ethnicities and experience. In this volume, Joseph Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are ‘writing for connection’ with both Native and non-Native audiences. Beginning with a historical overview of Native American literature, this book presents focused readings of key texts including: • N. Scott Mo…
The Approximate Size of His Favorite Humor: Sherman Alexie's Comic Connections and Disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
In Sherman Alexie's recent directorial debut,The Business of Fancydancing (viewed in April, 2002, at the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema), the primary character, Seymour, is a Spokane Indian who moves to Seattle to attend college and pursue fame as a poet. 1 Many of his Indian friends who remain on the reservation accuse him of selling out to white society. To a degree the film investigates Alexie's own choices and their repercussions. Alth…
Reading Native American Literature
Native American literature explores divides between public and private cultures, ethnicities and experience. In this volume, Joseph Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are ‘writing for connection’ with both Native and non-Native audiences. Beginning with a historical overview of Native American literature, this book presents focused readings of key texts including: • N. Scott Mo…
The Efficacy of Humor in Sherman Alexie's Flight: Violence, Vulnerability, and the Post-9/11 World
Sherman Alexie’s novel Flight (2007) explores the origins, contexts, and consequences of violence and terrorism in the post-9/11 world. Narrated by a fifteen-year-old foster child who calls himself Zits, Flight invites readers into the mind of a disaffected youth who uses both humor and violence to cope with an unjust world. When Zits opens fire in a bank lobby, he becomes unstuck in time— like Kurt Vonnegut’s character Billy Pilgrim in Slaughter…
American Literature and Humor Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · American literature (1 works) · Amerikaans (1 works) · Bellettrie (1 works) · Comics (1 works)