Ethnic humor in multiethnic America /
David Gillota.
- 1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references 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.
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Ethnic wit and humor--History and criticism.--United States American wit and humor--History and criticism. Wit and humor--Social aspects--United States.