ISBN:
0-252-04339-1
,
9780252052279
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource
Serie:
The new Black studies series
Serie:
Illinois scholarship online
Serie:
New Black studies series.
Serie:
Illinois scholarship online.
Paralleltitel:
Print version: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- Laughing to keep from dying
DDC:
302.2308996073
Schlagwort(e):
African Americans in mass media.
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
By subverting comedy's rules and expectations, African American satire promotes social justice by connecting laughter with ethical beliefs in a revolutionary way. Danielle Fuentes Morgan ventures from Suzan-Lori Parks to Leslie Jones and Dave Chappelle to Get Out and Atlanta to examine the satirical treatment of race and racialization across today's African American culture.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The satirical mode and African American identity -- "The storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake": slavery and the satiric impulse -- "Race is just a made-up thing": abject Blackness and racial anxiety -- "When keeping it real goes wrong": vulnerability and satiric misfires -- "How long has this been goin' on, this thang?" Centering race in the twenty-first century.
Anmerkung:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctv1b0fvmk
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/79291/
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