| Description |
xxxix, 673 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-663). |
| Summary |
Humor collected from "autobiographies, novel excerpts, essays, poems, speeches, comic routines, proverbial sayings, cartoons, mimeographed sheets, and folk tales."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
"No big thing for 'Oman": the power and strength of the black woman -- "Nice girls don't": motherly advice -- Mirror, mirror on the wall: the black woman's physical image -- Bronzeville, U.S.A.: the black community -- The black church and churchgoers -- My sweet papa: courtship and good loving -- "My daddy won't stop his evil ways": problems with husbands and lovers -- "Just like a white man": dicties -- My people, my people!: self-denigrating tales -- Fight, kick, bite: dealing with a racist and sexist America -- "From the back of the bus to the back of the national priority list": the civil rights movement, integration, and beyond -- Tidbits from the laughing barrel. |
| Subject |
African American wit and humor.
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Women -- Humor.
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| Added Author |
Dance, Daryl Cumber.
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| ISBN |
0393045579 |
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9780393045574 |
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0393318184 paperback |
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9780393318180 paperback |
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