African American Humor
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On The Real Side
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Author : Mel Watkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
On The Real Side written by Mel Watkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Humor categories.
After generations of stereotypes and neglect, this hidden tradition finally emerged before general audiences with Richard Pryor in the 1970s.
African American Humor
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Author : Mel Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2002
African American Humor written by Mel Watkins and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with African American proverbs categories.
This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries as Bert Williams, Butterbeans & Susie, Stepin Fetchit, Moms Mabley, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Redd Foxx, Ishmael Reed, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock. This anthology includes classic stage routines, literary examples, and witty quotations presented in their entirety.
On The Real Side
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Author : Mel Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 1999
On The Real Side written by Mel Watkins and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Humor categories.
Explores how humor in the African American entertainment business has sahped America and African Americans themselves.
African American Viewers And The Black Situation Comedy
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Author : Robin R. Means Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1998
African American Viewers And The Black Situation Comedy written by Robin R. Means Coleman and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Providing new insight into key debates over race and representation in the media, this ethnographic study explores the ways in which African Americans have been depicted in Black situation comedies-from 1950's Beulah to contemporary series like Martin and Living Single.
Hokum
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Author : Paul Beatty
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-12-10
Hokum written by Paul Beatty and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-10 with Literary Collections categories.
Edited by the author of The Sellout, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hokum is a liberating, eccentric, savagely comic anthology of the funniest writing by black Americans. This book is less a comprehensive collection than it is a mix-tape narrative dubbed by a trusted friend-a sampler of underground classics, rare grooves, and timeless summer jams, poetry and prose juxtaposed with the blues, hip-hop, political speeches, and the world's funniest radio sermon. The subtle musings of Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, and Harryette Mullen are bracketed by the profane and often loud ruminations of Langston Hughes, Darius James, Wanda Coleman, Tish Benson, Steve Cannon, and Hattie Gossett. Some of the funniest writers don't write, so included are selections from well-known yet unpublished wits Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Tyson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton. Selections also come from public figures and authors whose humor, although incisive and profound, is often overlooked: Malcolm X, Suzan-Lori Parks, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois. Groundbreaking, fierce, and hilarious, this is a necessary anthology for any fan or student of American writing, with a huge range and a smart, political grasp of the uses of humor.
On The Real Side
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Author : Mel Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Release Date : 1995-01
On The Real Side written by Mel Watkins and has been published by Touchstone Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01 with Humor categories.
Delving into every aspect of African-American humor, an exploration of laughing, lying, and signifying reveals the underground tradition of humor that transformed American culture, from slavery to Richard Pryor, through radio, TV, movies, and theater. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
The Time Of Light
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Author : Gunnar Kopperud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-06-01
The Time Of Light written by Gunnar Kopperud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-01 with Fiction categories.
A powerful and lyrical novel about the pity and savagery of war. Framed by the nine-day Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1994, The Time of Light is skillfully woven from historical narration and tales -- tales of war and tales of women -- as two men talk. Markus, a former German soldier, seeks atonement from an Armenian priest for his part in the Nazi invasion of Russia. Captured at the Battle of Stalingrad, Markus never returned to Germany, but tried instead to work out his destiny in the country and among the people he feels he has desecrated. His two boyhood friends who fought with him and survive the battle follow different paths, but Markus turns his back on everything, including his wife and son -- who ultimately goes in search of his vanished father.
Black Comedians On Black Comedy
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Author : Darryl Littleton
language : en
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
Release Date : 2006
Black Comedians On Black Comedy written by Darryl Littleton and has been published by Applause Theatre & Cinema this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Describes the history of Black comedy from slavery through blackface, vaudeville, and the chitlin' circuit, to the present, interspersing commentary and criticism with interviews with Eddie Murphy, Marla Gibbs, and Chris Rock.
African American Humor Irony And Satire
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Author : Dana A. Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
African American Humor Irony And Satire written by Dana A. Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with African American wit and humor categories.
Includes select proceedings from the annual Heart's Day Conference, sponsored by the Department of English at Howard University. This collection also reveals how the lens of humor, irony, and satire as a way of reading texts is especially useful in highlighting the complexity of African American life and culture.
Humor And Satire On Contemporary Television
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Author : Silas Kaine Ezell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-26
Humor And Satire On Contemporary Television written by Silas Kaine Ezell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with Social Science categories.
This book examines contemporary American animated humor, focusing on popular animated television shows in order to explore the ways in which they engage with American culture and history, employing a peculiarly American way of using humor to discuss important cultural issues. With attention to the work of American humorists, such as the Southwest humorists, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and Kurt Vonnegut, and the question of the extent to which modern animated satire shares the qualities of earlier humor, particularly the use of setting, the carnivalesque, collective memory, racial humor, and irony, Humor and Satire on Contemporary Television concentrates on a particular strand of American humor: the use of satire to expose the gap between the American ideal and the American experience. Taking up the notion of ’The Great American Joke’, the author examines the discursive humor of programmes such as The Simpsons, South Park , Family Guy , King of the Hill, Daria, American Dad!, The Boondocks, The PJs and Futurama . A study of how animated television programmes offer a new discourse on a very traditional strain of American humor, this book will appeal to scholars and students of popular culture, television and media studies, American literature and visual studies, and contemporary humor and satire.