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03180aam a2200505 i 4500 001 D6F8CC4496FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 220322t20222022onc b 000 0 eng 020 $a 9781487011239 020 $a 1487011237 035 $a (OCoLC)1304815982 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCO $d NLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d IMD $d YDX $d CDX $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a lac 050 4 $a GR524 $b .H54 2022 055 0 $a GR524 $b .H54 2022 082 04 $a 398/.45 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Highway, Tomson, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a Laughing with the Trickster : $b on sex, death, and accordions / $c Tomson Highway. 264 1 $a [Toronto] : $b Anansi, $c 2022. 300 $a 188 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a The CBC Massey lectures series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Brilliant, jubilant insights into the glory and anguish of life from one of the world's most treasured Indigenous creators. Trickster is zany, ridiculous. The ultimate, over-the-top, madcap lunatic. Here to remind us that the reason for existence is to have one blast of a time, to laugh ourselves to death. Ever the trickster, Tomson Highway brings his signature irreverence to an exploration of five themes central to the human condition: language, creation, sex and gender, humour, and death. A comparative analysis of Christian, Classical, and Cree mythologies reveals how they have given form and substance to Western thought, life, and culture. Yet Indigenous mythologies provide unique, timeless solutions to our modern problems. Tomson Highway offers generous personal anecdotes, including of his beloved accordion-playing father, and plentiful Trickster stories as guides through such crises as climate change, economic disparity, racial intolerance, and all-out unhappiness. Laughter is medicine. Within the endless circle of life in Indigenous mythologies, the Earth is a garden of joy unlimited. A world we must protect as the birthright of future generations. Laugh with the legendary Tomson Highway as he illuminates a healing, hilarious way forward."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 505 00 $a Machine generated contents note: $g ch. 5 $t On Death. $g ch. 2 $t On Creation -- $g ch. 3 $t On Humour -- $g ch. 4 $t On Sex and Gender -- $g ch. 5 $t On Death. 650 0 $a Tricksters. 650 0 $a Wit and humor. 650 0 $a Mythology. 650 2 $a Mythology 650 6 $a Tricksters. 650 6 $a Humour. 650 6 $a Mythologie. 650 7 $a humor. $2 aat 650 7 $a mythology (literary genre) $2 aat 650 7 $a Mythology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01031701 650 7 $a Tricksters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156644 650 7 $a Wit and humor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176279 776 08 $i Online version: $a Highway, Tomson, 1951- $t Laughing with the Trickster. $d Toronto : Anansi, 2022 $z 9781487011246 $z 9781487011246 $w (OCoLC)1306233004 830 0 $a CBC Massey lectures. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023041.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20230817010214.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D6F8CC4496FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search