4 options
Laughing to keep from dying : African American satire in the twenty-first century / Danielle Fuentes Morgan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- author.
- Series:
- New Black studies series.
- Illinois scholarship online.
- The new Black studies series
- Illinois scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans in mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- Laughing to keep from dying
- ISBN:
- 9780252052279
- 0252043391
- 9780252043390
- OCLC:
- 1228504952
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.