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...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Durham, I. A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2011]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2011, Volume: 50, Numéro: 1, Pages: 132-144
Sujets non-standardisés: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
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Description
Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9439-3