Laughing to keep from dying : African American satire in the twenty-first century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morgan, Danielle Fuentes, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:	New Black studies series.
Subjects:	African Americans in mass media. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. Satire, American > History and criticism. Literature and mental illness > United States > History > 21st century. African Americans > Race identity. African Americans in popular culture. African Americans and mass media. African Americans > Intellectual life. Noirs américains dans les médias. Littérature et maladies mentales > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle. Noirs américains > Identité ethnique. Noirs américains dans la culture populaire. Noirs américains et médias. Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General American literature > African American authors. Literature and mental illness. Satire, American. United States. 2000-2099 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The satirical mode and African American identity
"The storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake": slavery and the satiric impulse
"Race is just a made-up thing": abject Blackness and racial anxiety
"When keeping it real goes wrong": vulnerability and satiric misfires
"How long has this been goin' on, this thang?" Centering race in the twenty-first century.