On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor

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$24.82 - $30.91
UPC:
9780671689827
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1995-01-01
Author:
Mel Watkins
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition

Product Overview

A comprehensive history of African-American humor--from the antebellum South to the Apollo Theater--reassesses such figures as Stepin Fetchit and Amos and Andy and offers a new appreciation of familiar and less well-known performers. 20,000 first printing.

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