Laughing to Keep from Dying

Laughing to Keep from Dying
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9780252052279
ISBN-13 : 0252052277
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Laughing to Keep from Dying by : Danielle Fuentes Morgan

Download or read book Laughing to Keep from Dying written by Danielle Fuentes Morgan and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By subverting comedy's rules and expectations, African American satire promotes social justice by connecting laughter with ethical beliefs in a revolutionary way. Danielle Fuentes Morgan 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. Morgan 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, Laughing to Keep from Dying reveals how African American satirists unmask the illusions and anxieties surrounding race in the twenty-first century.


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