Cracking up : black feminist comedy in the twentieth and twenty-first century United States /

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"Cracking Up archives and analyzes Black feminist stand-up comedy in the United States over the past sixty years. Looking closely at the work of Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Mo'Nique, Wanda Sykes, Sasheer Zamata, Sam Jay, Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams, and Michelle Buteau, this book...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Katelyn Hale, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]
Colección:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Temas:
Stand-up comedy > Social aspects > United States.
Stand-up comedy > Political aspects > United States.
African American women comedians > Biography.
African American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Feminism > United States.
Monologue comique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Monologue comique > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Femmes comiques noires américaines > Biographies.
Humour noir américain > Histoire et critique.
Féminisme > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Stand-up comedy > Social aspects
Stand-up comedy > Political aspects
African American wit and humor
African American women comedians
Feminism
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Cracking Up archives and analyzes Black feminist stand-up comedy in the United States over the past sixty years. Looking closely at the work of Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Mo'Nique, Wanda Sykes, Sasheer Zamata, Sam Jay, Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams, and Michelle Buteau, this book shows how Black feminist comedy and the laughter it ignites are vital components of feminist, queer, and anti-racist protest. Cracking Up frames theatre and live performance as an important platform from which to examine citizenship in the United States, articulate Black feminist political thought, and subvert structures of power. Author Katelyn Hale Wood interprets these artists not as tokens in their white/male dominated field, but as part of a continuous history of Black feminist performance and presence in the United States. Broadly, the book also champions comedic performance and theatre history as imperative contexts for advancing historical studies of race, gender, and sexuality. From the comedy routines popular on Black vaudeville circuits to stand-up on contemporary social media platforms, Cracking Up excavates an overlooked history of Black women who made the art of joke-telling a key part of radical performance and political engagement"--
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Texas, 2014.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1609387732
9781609387730

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