On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor
ISBN-13:
9780671689827
ISBN-10:
0671689827
Edition:
F First Edition
Author:
Mel Watkins
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Format:
Hardcover
656 pages
Category:
Criticism
,
Arts History & Criticism
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ISBN-13:
9780671689827
ISBN-10:
0671689827
Edition:
F First Edition
Author:
Mel Watkins
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Format:
Hardcover
656 pages
Category:
Criticism
,
Arts History & Criticism
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On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor (ISBN-13: 9780671689827 and ISBN-10: 0671689827), written by authors
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A comprehensive history of African-American humor--from the antebellum South to the Apollo Theater--reassesses such figures as Stepin Fetchit and Amos and Andy and offers a new appreciation of familiar and less well-known performers. 20,000 first printing.
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