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.
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