To be real : truth and racial authenticity in African American standup comedy /

"This book examines African American standup comedy over the past decade as a stage for understanding why notions of racial authenticity - in essence, appeals to "realness" and "real Blackness" - emerge as a cultural imperative in African American culture. Ethnographic obser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jacobs-Huey, Lanita, 1971- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:	Oxford studies in language and race
Subjects:	African American comedians. Stand-up comedy > Social aspects > United States. African Americans > Social conditions. United States > Race relations. Comiques noirs américains. Monologue comique > Aspect social > États-Unis. Noirs américains > Conditions sociales. États-Unis > Relations raciales. African American comedians African Americans > Social conditions Race relations Stand-up comedy > Social aspects United States Dance. Performing Arts. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

"The Arab is the New Nigger": African American Comics Confront the Irony and Tragedy of 9/11
"Why we gotta be refugees?": Empathizing Authenticity in African American Hurricane Katrina Humor
On Michael Richards, Racial Authenticity, and the N-Word
"It's about to get real": Kevin Hart as a Modern-Day Trickster
Humor, Me: A (Tentative) Conclusion.