Danielle Fuentes Morgan

Laughing to Keep from Dying

African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"By subverting comedy's rules and expectations, African American satire promotes social justice by connecting laughter with ethical beliefs in a revolutionary way. [The author] ventures from Suzan-Lori Parks to Leslie Jones and Dave Chappelle to Get Out and Atlanta to examine the satirical treatment of race and racialization across today's African American culture. [The author] analyzes how African American artists highlight the ways that society racializes people and bolsters the powerful myth that we live in a 'post-racial' nation. The latter in particular inspires artists to take aim at the idea racism no longer exists or the laughable notion of Americans 'not seeing' racism or race. Their critique changes our understanding of the boundaries between staged performance and lived experience and create ways to better articulate Black selfhood. Adventurous and perceptive, [this book] reveals how African American satirists unmask the illusions and anxieties surrounding race in the twenty-first century"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Powerhouse Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780252085307
• ISBN-10: 0252085302
• Artikelnr.: 58778818

Autorenporträt

Danielle Fuentes Morgan is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University.

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Satirical Mode and African American
Identity1 "The Storm, the Whirlwind, and the Earthquake": Slavery and
the Satiric Impulse2 "Race is Just a Made-Up Thing": Abject Blackness
and Racial Anxiety3 "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong": Vulnerability
and Satiric Misfires4 "How Long Has This Been Goin' On, This Thang?":
Centering Race in the Twenty-First CenturyConclusion: Black Futurity
and the Future of African American SatireWorks Cited<
br/>Index