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1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 mainstream culture. In Laughing Mad, Bambi Haggins looks at how this transition occurred in a variety of media and shows how these integration processes have empowered black comedians to shape popular notions of the African American condition?for better and for worse. Historically, African American. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African American comedians -- Biography.
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African American comedians. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haggins, Bambi, 1961- Laughing mad. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2007 0813539846 9780813539843 (DLC) 2006015371 (OCoLC)68694207 |
| ISBN |
9780813542652 (electronic book) |
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0813542650 (electronic book) |
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0813539846 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813539843 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813539854 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813539850 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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128109255X |
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9781281092557 |
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