Full Description
From Blackface to Black Twitter: Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics, & Gender traces the roots and fruits of comedy over the centuries to analyze and offer insights into the intersections of race, gender, and politics in humor that is by, for, and/or about black people.
Contents
Acknowledgements - Introduction - Part I. The Roots of Black Humor - Overview, Structure, and Significance of Book - Pre-Slavery Through the 19th Century - Part II. The Fruits of Black Humor - The Twentieth Century - Representations of Black Men and Kings of Comedy - Black Feminism and the Queens of Comedy - Part III. Black Comedy, Social Identity, and User-Generated Content - 21st Century-Humor and Social Identity - Black Twitter, Social Movements, and Politics—Humor Across Media Platforms and Memes - Humor and Citizen-Produced Memes - Part IV. Black Humor and Politics - Humor and President Obama - Part V. The Future of Black Comedy - Conclusions and Focus on the Future for Black Comedy - Appendices - Appendix A: Noteworthy African American Men in Comedy (Both Stand-Up and Screen) - Appendix B: Noteworthy African American Women in Comedy (Both Stand-Up and Screen) - Appendix C: Images Used in Cover Collage - Index.
