Furiously Funny : Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock /

The history of African American humor is difficult to piece together. Occluded by slavery's gaps and distorted by racist stereotypes, African American humor has few extant works prior to the early twentieth century. Tucker's study focuses on comic rage, which he defines as an African Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Terrence T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stand-up comedy.
Satire, American.
African American wit and humor.
African American comedians.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HUMOR > General.
Monologue comique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Comiques noirs americains > Biographies.
Humour noir americain > Histoire et critique.
Stand-up comedy > United States > History > 20th century.
African American comedians > Biography.
Satire, American > History and criticism.
African American wit and humor > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The history of African American humor is difficult to piece together. Occluded by slavery's gaps and distorted by racist stereotypes, African American humor has few extant works prior to the early twentieth century. Tucker's study focuses on comic rage, which he defines as an African American cultural expression that uses oral traditions to convey humor and militancy simultaneously in its confrontation of uncomfortable truths about inequalities and inconsistencies in American culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages).
ISBN:9780813052991

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