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"For the first time, this collection gathers a group of international specialists in postcolonial transcultural studies to analyse the functions of laughter, the comic and humor in a wide range of cultural texts." - Back cover.
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'Moonlite offers a more complex account of colonialism than the simple colonizer / colonized dichotomy. The source of its humour lies in the multiple ironies of history, where the colonized colonize in turn. Despsite the tragedy of loss and displacement, the novel suggests that the process has a degree of inherent silliness as settler-societies, like Australia, mimic and admire the patterns of the colonzing society that has expolited them.'
