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On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying- The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slave

Mel Watkins

ISBN 10: 0671511033 / 0-671-51103-3
ISBN 13: 9780671511036
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Softcover
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"Mel Watkins's book is the most comprehensive and penetrating history yet written."

Lawrence W. Levine, New York Times Book Review

 

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Book Description: Touchstone, New York, 1994. Soft Cover. Book Condition: New. 1994 Printing. 6 x 9 x 1-1/2 ". 1994 Softcover book . BRAND NEW from publisher . Never opened, Never owned, Never marked . Gift Giving quality . Thick satisfying book, weighing nearly 2 pounds . 656 pages with index . The first and only definitive history of African-American humor. With meticulous documentation, Watkins tells the public history, but he also uncovers the private, acerbic tradition that developed and remained underground for more than a century. Cecil Brown, Los Angeles Times Book Review says "This book is really four books into one: an encyclopedia of everybody and every term related to black humor, a biography of leading comedians, a history of the social and cultural movement, and finally, an analysis of what black humor is." . ' On The Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying - The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slavery to Richard Pryor ' . Published by Touchstone, New York, softcover 1994 *** Securely packed for Safe delivery ~ Shipping safely Worldwide, since 1965 ***. Bookseller Inventory # 5960

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