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Laughing mad: the black comic persona in post-soul America
Bambi Haggins
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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Introduction: Enter Laughing (page 1)
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1 From Negro to Black: Coming of Comic Age in the Civil Rights Era (page 14)
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2 Murphy and Rock: From the "Black Guy" to the "Rock Star" (page 69)
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3 Post-Soul Comedy Goes to the Movies: Cinematic Adjustments and [Pop] Cultural Currency (page 99)
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4 Crossover Diva: Whoopi Goldberg and Persona Politics (page 132)
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5 Dave Chappelle: Provocateur in the Promised Land (page 178)
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Epilogue: Laughing Sad, Laughing Mad (page 237)
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Notes (page 245)
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Index (page 269)
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Published: c2007
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- 9780813542652 (ebook)
- 9780813539843 (hardcover)
- 9780813539850 (paper)