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The souls of white jokes : how racist humor fuels white supremacy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: PeÌ?rez, RauÌ?l (Sociology professor) (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Racism > United States.
Wit and humor > Social aspects > United States.
Wit and humor > Political aspects > United States.
White people > United States > Attitudes.
White people > Race identity > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Racisme > EÌ?tats-Unis.
Humour > Aspect social > EÌ?tats-Unis.
Humour > Aspect politique > EÌ?tats-Unis.
EÌ?tats-Unis > Relations raciales.
Race relations.
Racism.
White people > Attitudes.
White people > Race identity.
Wit and humor > Social aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The racial power of humor
  • Amused racial contempt, or a theory of white racist humor
  • Hiding in plain sight : the racist humor of the far right
  • Blue humor : the racist insults and injuries of the police
  • President chimp : the politics of amused racial contempt
  • Epilogue : racist humor and the cult(ure) of whiteness.