Ethnic humor in multiethnic America /David Gillota.
Gillota, David, 1977-
Ethnic humor in multiethnic America /David Gillota. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: the boundaries of American ethnic humor -- "Just us": African American humor in multiethnic America -- The new Jewish blackface: ethnic anxiety in contemporary Jewish humor -- "Cracker, please": toward a white ethnic humor -- Imagining diversity: corporate multiculturalism in the children's film and the situation comedy -- Comedy without borders? toward a multiethnic humor -- Conclusion: emerging ethnic humor in multiethnic America.
David Gillota examines the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity. Such well-known texts as Chappelle's Show, South Park, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as numerous stand-up comedy acts, children's films, and situation comedies are analyzed to explore how various humorists respond to multiculturalism and the increasing diversity of the American population.
9781461944768 9781299953246 9780813561509
Ethnic wit and humor--History and criticism.--United States
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Ethnic wit and humor--History and criticism.--United States
Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
PN6149 / .E846 2013
Ethnic humor in multiethnic America /David Gillota. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: the boundaries of American ethnic humor -- "Just us": African American humor in multiethnic America -- The new Jewish blackface: ethnic anxiety in contemporary Jewish humor -- "Cracker, please": toward a white ethnic humor -- Imagining diversity: corporate multiculturalism in the children's film and the situation comedy -- Comedy without borders? toward a multiethnic humor -- Conclusion: emerging ethnic humor in multiethnic America.
David Gillota examines the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity. Such well-known texts as Chappelle's Show, South Park, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as numerous stand-up comedy acts, children's films, and situation comedies are analyzed to explore how various humorists respond to multiculturalism and the increasing diversity of the American population.
9781461944768 9781299953246 9780813561509
Ethnic wit and humor--History and criticism.--United States
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Ethnic wit and humor--History and criticism.--United States
Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
PN6149 / .E846 2013