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The history of Negro humor in America / by William Schechter.
LIBRA - Rare E185.86 .S29 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schechter, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- African American wit and humor.
- African Americans--Psychology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fleet Press Corporation, [1970].
- Contents:
- Links to West Africa
- Through the Long Years: Folk Tales and "Protest" Hymns
- Minstrelsy: The Indelible Stereotype
- A New Century Begins
- Enter Radio, Movies, and a New "Uncle Tomism"
- 1940-1960: The Dormant Years
- The Age of Soul: In Kaleidoscope
- The Age of Soul
- Its Humor.
- Notes:
- "© Copyright 1970 Fleet Press Corporation"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 103928
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