Laughing to keep from dying : African American satire in the twenty-first century /
"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 th...
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| Formatua: | Licensed eBooks |
| Hizkuntza: | ingelesa |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
[2020]
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| Saila: | New Black studies series.
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctv1b0fvmk |
Aurkibidea:
- 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.