03150nam 22007214a 450 991097280990332120200520144314.097866110925599781281092557128109255X9780813542652081354265010.36019/9780813542652(CKB)1000000000476868(EBL)316415(OCoLC)476107156(SSID)ssj0000189705(PQKBManifestationID)11182856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189705(PQKBWorkID)10165745(PQKB)11483053(MiAaPQ)EBC316415(OCoLC)173650915(MdBmJHUP)muse8121(Au-PeEL)EBL316415(CaPaEBR)ebr10189476(CaONFJC)MIL109255(DE-B1597)529015(DE-B1597)9780813542652(dli)HEB08102(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002825(OCoLC)1241825941(EXLCZ)99100000000047686820060508d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaughing mad the black comic persona in post-soul America /Bambi Haggins1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20071 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780813539850 0813539854 9780813539843 0813539846 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Enter Laughing; Chapter 1: From Negro to Black: Coming of Comic Age in the Civil Rights Era; Chapter 2: Murphy and Rock: From the "Black Guy" to the "Rock Star"; Chapter 3: Post-Soul Comedy Goes to the Movies: Cinematic Adjustments and [Pop] Cultural Currency; Chapter 4: Crossover Diva: Whoopi Goldberg and Persona Politics; Chapter 5: Dave Chappelle: Provocateur in the Promised Land; Epilogue: Laughing Sad, Laughing Mad; Notes; Index; About the AuthorPrior to the civil rights movement, comedians performed for audiences that were clearly delineated by race. Black comedians performed (primarily) for black audiences and white comedians performed for whites. Yet during the past forty-five years, black comics have become progressively more central to mainstream culture. In Laughing Mad, Bambi Haggins looks at how this transition occurred in a variety of media and shows how these integration processes have empowered black comedians to shape popular notions of the African American condition-for better and for worse. Historically, African AmericanAfrican American comediansBiographyAfrican American comedians792.702/8092396073BHaggins Bambi1961-1011865MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972809903321Laughing mad2346276UNINA