03044nam 2200697 a 450 991096212690332120251117115725.00-8262-6374-7(CKB)1000000000000450(OCoLC)613389863(CaPaEBR)ebrary10001697(SSID)ssj0000099766(PQKBManifestationID)11127547(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099766(PQKBWorkID)10017445(PQKB)10346001(MiAaPQ)EBC3570661(Au-PeEL)EBL3570661(CaPaEBR)ebr10001697(OCoLC)56476644(BIP)11494252(BIP)7027452(EXLCZ)99100000000000045020001116d2001 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAfrican American satire the sacredly profane novel /Darryl Dickson-Carr1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Pressc20011 online resource (244 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1325-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.Intro -- contents -- acknowledgments -- abbreviations -- a note on usage -- introduction -- Sacredly Profane -- Precursors -- Channeling the Lower Frequencies -- Nation Enough -- New Politics, New Voices -- bibliography -- Index.Satire's real purpose as a literary genre is to criticize through humor, irony, caricature, and parody, and ultimately to defy the status quo. In African American Satire, Darryl Dickson-Carr provides the first book-length study of African American satire and the vital role it has played. In the process he investigates African American literature, American literature, and the history of satire.American fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPolitical fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismPolitical satire, AmericanHistory and criticismSatire, AmericanHistory and criticismAfrican Americans in literatureAmerican fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Political fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Political satire, AmericanHistory and criticism.Satire, AmericanHistory and criticism.African Americans in literature.813/.509896073Dickson-Carr Darryl1968-1127223MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962126903321African American satire4472137UNINA