On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Mel Watkins

On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy

Mel Watkins

672 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging funny informative slow-paced
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This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with ...

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