To be real : truth and racial authenticity in African American standup comedy / Lanita Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971- author.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Language Race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stand-up comedy--Social aspects--United States.

Stand-up comedy.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans.

African American comedians.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

During watershed moments of crisis or incessant hope, African Americans' varied stances around racial authenticity often bespeak a need to define who and whose they are, if only to contend with the enduring significance of race. In To Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup Comedy, Lanita Jacobs analyzes a decade of Black standup comedy to understand "realness" and "real Blackness" as a cultural imperative in African American culture. By consciously valuing a "real"--as opposed to strict notions of "the real" (which too often essentialize, objectify, and exclude)--this book reveals why authenticity matters to African Americans.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-186) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Jacobs, Lanita To Be Real

ISBN:

0-19-087012-5

0-19-087011-7