On the real side : a history of African American comedy
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Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021].
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eBook
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9781569767603
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1 online resource : illustrations
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| Full title | on the real side a history of african american comedy |
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| 500 | |a Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1994. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Black humor ... what it is -- Slavery ... "don't nobody know my name but me" -- Minstrelsy ... the die is cast -- Black minstrelsy to vaudeville ... black on black -- Vaudeville and early twentieth-century black humor ... the blackening of America -- Hollywood's silent years ... the curse of a nation -- The new Negro : Harlem and Hollywood ... exotics, imposters, and other misshapen identities -- Radio and early television ... racial ventriloquy, black soaps, and servants -- Race records and black films ... sounds and visions in black and blue -- The Theatre Owners Booking Association and the Apollo Theatre ... changing the joke and slipping the yoke -- Literary reflections of African-American humor ... depictions of things unseen -- Folklore and street humor ... "if you grinnin, you in 'em" -- The new comics ... what you see is what you get -- Pryor and thereafter ... on the real side. | |
| 520 | |a Chronicles the history of African American wit and humor from the antebellum South to the present day, and profiles slave wordplay, the minstrel tradition, the Negro caricatures of Hollywood silent films, and various Black comedians. Explores how African American humor has been used to articulate, combat, and overcome the effects of racism throughout history, and examines the influence of African American humor on American popular culture. Includes black-and-white photographs. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a African American wit and humor|x History and criticism. | |
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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1994.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chronicles the history of African American wit and humor from the antebellum South to the present day, and profiles slave wordplay, the minstrel tradition, the Negro caricatures of Hollywood silent films, and various Black comedians. Explores how African American humor has been used to articulate, combat, and overcome the effects of racism throughout history, and examines the influence of African American humor on American popular culture. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Watkins, M. (2021). On the real side: a history of African American comedy . Lawrence Hill Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watkins, Mel, 1940-. 2021. On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Watkins, Mel, 1940-. On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Watkins, Mel. On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy Lawrence Hill Books, 2021.
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