LEADER 03150nam 22007214a 450 001 9910972809903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611092559 010 $a9781281092557 010 $a128109255X 010 $a9780813542652 010 $a0813542650 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813542652 035 $a(CKB)1000000000476868 035 $a(EBL)316415 035 $a(OCoLC)476107156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189705 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182856 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189705 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165745 035 $a(PQKB)11483053 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316415 035 $a(OCoLC)173650915 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316415 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10189476 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109255 035 $a(DE-B1597)529015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813542652 035 $a(dli)HEB08102 035 $a(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002825 035 $a(OCoLC)1241825941 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000476868 100 $a20060508d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaughing mad $ethe black comic persona in post-soul America /$fBambi Haggins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780813539850 311 08$a0813539854 311 08$a9780813539843 311 08$a0813539846 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aPrior 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 American 606 $aAfrican American comedians$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican American comedians 676 $a792.702/8092396073 676 $aB 700 $aHaggins$b Bambi$f1961-$01011865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972809903321 996 $aLaughing mad$92346276 997 $aUNINA