Richard Pryor: Melancholy and the Religion of Tragicomedy

Drawing on Donald Capps' discussion in Men and Their Religion (2000) on the development of the melancholy self in early childhood and the emergence of three religious impulses as a consequence of its development (the religions of honor, hope, and humor), this article focuses on the early childh...

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Autor principal: Durham, I. A. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2011]
En: Journal of religion and health
Año: 2011, Volumen: 50, Número: 1, Páginas: 132-144
Otras palabras clave:B Grief
B Emotional separation
B Religion of humor
B Father of personal prehistory
B Religion of hope
B Religion of honor
B Lost object
B Grandmother as spiritual mother
B Sigmund Freud
B African-American humor
B Donald Capps
B Mother of personal prehistory
B Maternal loss
B Melancholy
B Racism
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Sumario:Drawing on Donald Capps' discussion in Men and Their Religion (2000) on the development of the melancholy self in early childhood and the emergence of three religious impulses as a consequence of its development (the religions of honor, hope, and humor), this article focuses on the early childhood experience of Richard Pryor and the role that the religion of humor plays in helping him cope with these experiences. Particular attention is given to his grandmother's paradoxical role in his life and his identification of her as his spiritual mother.
ISSN:1573-6571
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9439-3