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Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America /
Prior to the civil rights movement, comedians performed for audiences that were clearly delineated by race. Black comedians performed (primarily) for black audiences and white comedians performed for whites. Yet during the past forty-five years, black comics have become progressively more central to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Enter laughing
- From Negro to Black: coming of comic age in the Civil Rights era
- Murphy and Rock: from the "Black guy" to the "Rock star"
- Post-soul comedy goes to the movies: cinematic adjustments and [pop] cultural currency
- Crossover diva: Whoopi Goldberg and persona politics
- Dave Chappelle: provocateur in the promised land
- Epilogue: Laughing sad, laughing mad.