Laughing to Keep from Dying : African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century /

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Satire, American.
Literature and mental illness.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African Americans in popular culture.
African Americans in mass media.
African Americans and mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle.
Noirs americains et medias.
Noirs americains dans la culture populaire.
Noirs americains > Identite ethnique.
Litterature et maladies mentales > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Noirs americains dans les medias.
Literature and mental illness > United States > History > 21st century.
Satire, American > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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