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The rhetoric of racist humour : US, UK and global race joking / Simon Weaver.

Van Pelt Library HT1523 .W42 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Weaver, Simon.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Racism.
Wit and humor--Social aspects.
Wit and humor.
Joking--Social aspects.
Joking.
Rhetoric--Social aspects.
Rhetoric.
Physical Description:
215 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
Contents:
The rhetoric of humour
Humour and order-building
Embodied racism and US internet joking
Cultural racism and British stand-up comedy
Reverse discourse in Black comic performance
Reverse discourse in Asian comic performance
Liquid racism and the ambiguities of Ali G
Liquid racism and the Danish prophet Muhammad cartoon.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409420118
1409420116
OCLC:
710045053

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