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03274aam a2200433 i 4500 001 99AA103ADAFE11EB9BE3539D58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210702012738 008 200929s2021 iaua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020042470 020 $a 1609387724 020 $a 9781609387723 035 $a (OCoLC)1200036760 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d WIM $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 792.7/6028096073 $2 23 100 1 $a Wood, Katelyn Hale, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Cracking up : $b black feminist comedy in the twentieth and twenty-first century United States / $c Katelyn Hale Wood. 246 30 $a Black feminist comedy in the twentieth and twenty-first century United States 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 191 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in theatre history and culture 500 $a Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Texas, 2014. 520 $a "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 feminist comedy and the laughter it ignites are vital components of feminist, queer, and anti-racist protest. Cracking Up frames theatre and live performance as an important platform from which to examine citizenship in the United States, articulate Black feminist political thought, and subvert structures of power. Author Katelyn Hale Wood interprets these artists not as tokens in their white/male dominated field, but as part of a continuous history of Black feminist performance and presence in the United States. Broadly, the book also champions comedic performance and theatre history as imperative contexts for advancing historical studies of race, gender, and sexuality. From the comedy routines popular on Black vaudeville circuits to stand-up on contemporary social media platforms, Cracking Up excavates an overlooked history of Black women who made the art of joke-telling a key part of radical performance and political engagement"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Laughter in the Archives: Jackie "Moms" Mabley -- I Love You Bitches Back: Spect-Actors and Affective Freedom in I Coulda Been Your Cellmate! -- The Black Queer Citizenship of Wanda Sykes -- Contemporary Truth-Tellers: A New Cohort of Black Feminist Comics -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Stand-up comedy $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Stand-up comedy $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a African American women comedians $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American wit and humor $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Feminism $z United States. 830 0 $a Studies in theatre history and culture. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013005.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210702013018.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210702012914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=99AA103ADAFE11EB9BE3539D58ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search