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TOC Contents 1. Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism Graeme Harper 2. Ukcombekcantsini and the Fantastic: Zulu Narratives and Colonial Culture Mark Lilleleht, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. The Game is Up: British Women's Comic Novels at the End of Empire Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University 4. The Dreamtime of Humour: Fantasy, Aboriginals and the Comicstrip in Wartime Australia Grant Stone, Murdoch University, Australia 5. Cubans on the Moon: Fantasy and Nationalism in Cuba Jill Lane, New York University 6. Fairy's on the Veld: Foreign Stories and Indigenous Folk Tales in South Africa Elwyn Jenkins, University of South Africa 7. Gautier's Parodic Exotic: 'Egyptomanie' and the Visual Landscapes of Orientalism Promita Chatterji, University of California at Berkeley 8. Across Cultures: History, Colonialism and Magic Realism Mary Hartje, Angelo State University 9. Mr Punch's Crinoline Anxiety: Indian Colonial Satire Terri Hasseler, Bryant College 10. The Cape to Cairo: Africa in Jest, Fancy Dress and Pageantry Peter Merrington, University of Western Cape 11. Laughing Matters: The Comic Timing of Irish Joking Laura Salisbury, University of London 12. Subverting a Carnivalesque Nation: Malta Under British Rule Toni Sant, New York University and Vicki Ann Cremona, University of Malta 13. Native American Humour: The Comedy of Survival Jonna Mackin, University of Vermont 14. Comedy and Fantasy in the 'Far East' (contributor to be confirmed) 15. Comic Mode and Fantasy World: The Fabulous and Funny in Colonial Cultures Graeme Harper

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