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 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The satirical mode and African American identity
  • "The storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake" : slavery and the satiric impulse
  • "Race is just a made-up thing" : abject Blackness and racial anxiety
  • "When keeping it real goes wrong" : vulnerability and satiric misfires
  • "How long has this been goin' on, this thang?" Centering race in the twenty-first century.