Moody Ramirez / Dates From Blackface to Black Twitter

Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics, & Gender
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4331-5457-7
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten

From Blackface to Black Twitter: Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics, & Gender traces the roots and fruits of comedy over the centuries to analyze and offer insights into the intersections of race, gender, and politics in humor that is by, for, and/or about black people.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moody Ramirez, Mia

Dates, Jannette L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements – Introduction – Part I. The Roots of Black Humor – Overview, Structure, and Significance of Book – Pre-Slavery Through the 19th Century – Part II. The Fruits of Black Humor – The Twentieth Century – Representations of Black Men and Kings of Comedy – Black Feminism and the Queens of Comedy – Part III. Black Comedy, Social Identity, and User-Generated Content – 21st Century-Humor and Social Identity – Black Twitter, Social Movements, and Politics—Humor Across Media Platforms and Memes – Humor and Citizen-Produced Memes – Part IV. Black Humor and Politics – Humor and President Obama – Part V. The Future of Black Comedy – Conclusions and Focus on the Future for Black Comedy – Appendices – Appendix A: Noteworthy African American Men in Comedy (Both Stand-Up and Screen) – Appendix B: Noteworthy African American Women in Comedy (Both Stand-Up and Screen) – Appendix C: Images Used in Cover Collage – Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jannette L. Dates is a former dean of the School of Communications at Howard University, a nationally recognized authority on mass media and African Americans, and co-editor of acclaimed book Split Image: African Americans in the Mass Media (1990)—recipient of the Gustavus Myers Award.

Mia Moody Ramirez, a noted scholar in gender, race, and media, received her PhD from the University of Texas. She is a professor of journalism, public relations, and new media at Baylor University, where she also serves as Director of American Studies and Graduate Studies.