Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America /

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David Gillota examines the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity. Such well-known texts as Chappelle's Show, South Park, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as numerous stand-up comedy acts, children&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillota, David, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Humor
Ethnosoziologie
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Witz
Nationalcharakter
Wit and humor > Social aspects.
Ethnic wit and humor.
American wit and humor.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Humour > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Humour americain > Histoire et critique.
Humour ethnique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Wit and humor > Social aspects > United States.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Ethnic wit and humor > United States > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:David Gillota examines the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity. Such well-known texts as Chappelle's Show, South Park, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as numerous stand-up comedy acts, children's films, and situation comedies are analyzed to explore how various humorists respond to multiculturalism and the increasing diversity of the American population.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813561486

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