Laughing to keep from dying : African American satire in the twenty-first century

Laughing to keep from dying : African American satire in the twenty-first century /

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"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 th...

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Main Author: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
2000-2099
African Americans in mass media.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Satire, American > History and criticism.
Literature and mental illness > United States > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans in popular culture.
African Americans and mass media.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
American literature > African American authors.
Literature and mental illness.
Satire, American.
American literature.
African Americans.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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