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The rhetoric of racist humour : US, UK and global race joking / Simon Weaver.

Title
The rhetoric of racist humour : US, UK and global race joking / Simon Weaver.
Author
Weaver, Simon
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Description
215 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Racism
  • Wit and humor > Social aspects
  • Joking > Social aspects
  • Rhetoric > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The rhetoric of humour -- Humour and order-building -- Embodied racism and US internet joking -- Cultural racism and British stand-up comedy -- Reverse discourse in Black comic performance -- Reverse discourse in Asian comic performance -- Liquid racism and the ambiguities of Ali G -- Liquid racism and the Danish prophet Muhammad cartoon.
ISBN
  • 9781409420118 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1409420116 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781409420125 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1409420124 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2011011546
OCLC
710045053
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library