The souls of white jokes : how racist humor fuels white supremacy / Raúl Pérez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez, Raúl (Sociology professor), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States.

Racism.

White people--Race identity--United States.

White people.

White people--United States--Attitudes.

Wit and humor--Political aspects--United States.

Wit and humor.

Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

A rigorous study of the social meaning and consequences of racist humor, and a damning argument for when the joke is not just a joke.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY

1 THE RACIAL POWER OF HUMOR

2 AMUSED RACIAL CONTEMPT, OR A THEORY OF WHITE RACIST HUMOR

3 HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT The Violent Racist Humor of the Far Right

4 BLUE HUMOR The Racist Insults and Injuries of the Police

5 PRESIDENT CHIMP The Politics of Amused Racial Contempt

Epilogue RACIST HUMOR AND THE CULT(URE) OF WHITENESS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX

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ISBN:

9781503632349

9781503632332

1503632334

OCLC:

1328135093