Laughing mad : the black comic persona in post-soul America /
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2007.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=201679 |
Table of 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.