The Book of Negro Humor
Title | The Book of Negro Humor PDF eBook |
Author | Langston Hughes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | African American wit and humor |
ISBN |
Chocolate Drops from the South
Title | Chocolate Drops from the South PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund Valentine White |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1932 |
Genre | African American wit and humor |
ISBN |
Book of Negro Humor
Title | Book of Negro Humor PDF eBook |
Author | Langston Hughes |
Publisher | W. Clement Stone |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1965-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780396062998 |
On the Real Side
Title | On the Real Side PDF eBook |
Author | Mel Watkins |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 638 |
Release | 1999-05-01 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1569767602 |
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans found in folktales, race records, and all-black shows and films. After generations of stereotypes, the underground humor finally emerged before the American public with Richard Pryor in the 1970s. But Pryor was not the first popular comic to present authentically black humor. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of such seminal figures as Fetchit, Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics such as Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and Bill Cosby.
African American Humor
Title | African American Humor PDF eBook |
Author | Mel Watkins |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | African American proverbs |
ISBN |
This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries as Bert Williams, Butterbeans & Susie, Stepin Fetchit, Moms Mabley, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Redd Foxx, Ishmael Reed, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, and Chris Rock. This anthology includes classic stage routines, literary examples, and witty quotations presented in their entirety.
The Black Cat Club
Title | The Black Cat Club PDF eBook |
Author | James D. Corrothers |
Publisher | Literary Licensing, LLC |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2014-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781497839694 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.
The History of Negro Humor in America
Title | The History of Negro Humor in America PDF eBook |
Author | William Schechter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | African American wit and humor |
ISBN |