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Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth & Twenty-First Century United States
By Wood, Katelyn Hale
- ISBN
- 9781609387723
- Publisher
- Univ. of Iowa. (Studies in Theatre History & Culture)
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Starred Review on May 1, 2021 | Comedy Central
Wood (theater history, Univ. of Virginia) celebrates the vision of Black feminist stand-up comics in her compelling study of the roles these women play—"storyteller, truth-teller, protest leader, and critical historiographer." Wood uses the phrase "cracking up" to describe both the laughter generated by these comedians' performances, and the way they dismantled boundaries and myths in their quest for change and understanding. One of the first Black women stand-up comics ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
