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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Katelyn Hale, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Laughter in the Archives: Jackie "Moms" Mabley
  • I Love You Bitches Back: Spect-Actors and Affective Freedom in I Coulda Been Your Cellmate!
  • The Black Queer Citizenship of Wanda Sykes
  • Contemporary Truth-Tellers: A New Cohort of Black Feminist Comics
  • Conclusion.

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