| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The new Black studies series
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New Black studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 the satirical treatment of race and racialization across today's African American culture. Morgan analyzes how African American artists highlight the ways that society racializes people and bolsters the powerful myth that we live in a "post-racial" nation. The latter in particular inspires artists to take aim at the idea racism no longer exists or the laughable notion of Americans "not seeing" racism or race. Their critique changes our understanding of the boundaries between staged performance and lived experience and create ways to better articulate Black selfhood. Adventurous and perceptive, Laughing to Keep from Dying reveals how African American satirists unmask the illusions and anxieties surrounding race in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans in mass media.
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African Americans in mass media. |
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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Satire, American -- History and criticism.
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Satire, American. |
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Literature and mental illness -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Literature and mental illness. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
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African Americans in popular culture.
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African Americans in popular culture. |
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African Americans and mass media.
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African Americans and mass media. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- Laughing to keep from dying Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020] 9780252043390 (DLC) 2020012144 |
| ISBN |
9780252052279 electronic book |
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0252052277 electronic book |
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9780252043390 hardcover |
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9780252085307 paperback |
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