Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America.
Title:
Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America.
Author:
Gillota, David.
ISBN:
9780813561509
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. The Boundaries of American Ethnic Humor -- 1. "Just Us": African American Humor in Multiethnic America -- 2. The New Jewish Blackface: Ethnic Anxiety in Contemporary Jewish Humor -- 3. "Cracker, Please!": Toward a White Ethnic Humor -- 4. Imagining Diversity: Corporate Multiculturalism in the Children's Film and the Situation Comedy -- 5. Comedy Without Borders?: Toward a Multiethnic Humor -- Conclusion: Emerging Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
David Gillota examines the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity. Such well-known texts as Chappelle's Show, South Park, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as numerous stand-up comedy acts, children's films, and situation comedies are analyzed to explore how various humorists respond to multiculturalism and the increasing diversity of the American population.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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