The Resource Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America, Bambi Haggins
Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America, Bambi Haggins
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- Summary
- Prior to the civil rights movement, comedians performed for audiences that were clearly delineated by race. Black comedians performed (primarily) for black audiences and white comedians performed for whites. Yet during the past forty-five years, black comics have become progressively more central to mainstream culture. In Laughing Mad, Bambi Haggins looks at how this transition occurred in a variety of media and shows how these integration processes have empowered black comedians to shape popular notions of the African American condition?for better and for worse. Historically, African American
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 274 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Enter laughing
- From Negro to Black: coming of comic age in the Civil Rights era
- Murphy and Rock: from the "Black guy" to the "Rock star"
- Post-soul comedy goes to the movies: cinematic adjustments and [pop] cultural currency
- Crossover diva: Whoopi Goldberg and persona politics
- Dave Chappelle: provocateur in the promised land
- Epilogue: Laughing sad, laughing mad
- Isbn
- 9780813542652
- Label
- Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America
- Title
- Laughing mad
- Title remainder
- the black comic persona in post-soul America
- Statement of responsibility
- Bambi Haggins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Prior to the civil rights movement, comedians performed for audiences that were clearly delineated by race. Black comedians performed (primarily) for black audiences and white comedians performed for whites. Yet during the past forty-five years, black comics have become progressively more central to mainstream culture. In Laughing Mad, Bambi Haggins looks at how this transition occurred in a variety of media and shows how these integration processes have empowered black comedians to shape popular notions of the African American condition?for better and for worse. Historically, African American
- Action
- digitized
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haggins, Bambi
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American comedians
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- African American comedians
- Komiker
- Schwarze
- USA
- Label
- Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America, Bambi Haggins
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Enter laughing -- From Negro to Black: coming of comic age in the Civil Rights era -- Murphy and Rock: from the "Black guy" to the "Rock star" -- Post-soul comedy goes to the movies: cinematic adjustments and [pop] cultural currency -- Crossover diva: Whoopi Goldberg and persona politics -- Dave Chappelle: provocateur in the promised land -- Epilogue: Laughing sad, laughing mad
- Control code
- ocn173650915
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 274 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813542652
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jv974
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)173650915
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America, Bambi Haggins
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Enter laughing -- From Negro to Black: coming of comic age in the Civil Rights era -- Murphy and Rock: from the "Black guy" to the "Rock star" -- Post-soul comedy goes to the movies: cinematic adjustments and [pop] cultural currency -- Crossover diva: Whoopi Goldberg and persona politics -- Dave Chappelle: provocateur in the promised land -- Epilogue: Laughing sad, laughing mad
- Control code
- ocn173650915
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 274 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813542652
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jv974
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)173650915
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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