Cracking up : black feminist comedy in the twentieth and twenty-first century United States / Katelyn Hale Wood.

"Cracking Up archives and analyzes Black feminist stand-up comedy in the United States over the past sixty years. Looking closely at the work of Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Mo'Nique, Wanda Sykes, Sasheer Zamata, Sam Jay, Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams, and Michelle Buteau, this book shows how Black fem...

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Main Author:	Wood, Katelyn Hale, 1975- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2021]
Series:	Studies in theatre history and culture.
Subjects:	Stand-up comedy > Social aspects > United States. Stand-up comedy > Political aspects > United States. African American women comedians > Biography. African American wit and humor > History and criticism. Feminism > United States. African American wit and humor. African American women comedians. Feminism. United States. Biographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	x, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book