All joking aside American humor and its discontents / Rebecca Krefting.

Author/creator Krefting, Rebecca, 1978-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxi, 346 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents Introduction: American humor and its discontents -- Making connections: building cultural citizenship through charged humor -- Twentieth-century stand-up: a history of charged humor -- Laughing into the new millennium -- When women perform charged humor: the (gendered) politics of consumption -- Robin Tyler: still 'working the crowd' -- Micia Mosely: humor out of the mouths of babes -- Hari Kondabolu: performing in the age of modern-day minstrelsy -- Conclusion: How to avoid the last laugh.
General noteIncludes filmographies and discographies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013045490
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