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On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor

Name: On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor
Brand: Simon & Schuster
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hardcover – January 1, 1995

by Watkins, Mel

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ISBN-13: 9780671689827 ISBN-10: 0671689827

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Binding

hardcover

Published

January 1, 1995

Weight

1.0 lbs

Dimensions

24.10×5.10×15.90 cm

About this book

On the Real Side: Laughing Lying and Signifying-Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture from Slavery to Richard Pryor by Watkins, Mel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780671689827.

A comprehensive history of African-American humor--from the antebellum South to the Apollo Theater--reassesses such figures as Stepin Fetchit and Amos and Andy and offers a new appreciation of familiar and less well-known performers. 20,000 first printing.