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On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying the Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slaver - Hardcover
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A comprehensive history of African-American humor--from the antebellum South to the Apollo Theater--reassesses such figures as Stepin Fetchit and Amos and Andy and offers a new appreciation of familiar and less well-known performers. 20,000 first printing.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0671689827
- ISBN 13 9780671689827
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages652
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ON THE REAL SIDE; LAUGHING, LYING, AND SIGNIFYING; THE UNDERGROUND TRADITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMOR
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Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0671689827
ISBN 13: 9780671689827
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ON THE REAL SIDE: LAUGHING, LYING, AND SIGNIFYING-THE UNDERGROUND TRADITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMOR THAT TRANSFORMED AMERICAN CULTURE, FROM SLAVERY TO RICHARD PRYOR
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ISBN 10: 0671689827
ISBN 13: 9780671689827
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Frontis. Illustrations. End Notes. Bibliography. Index. 652pp. Black cloth spine with metallic red title and mustard paper over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Humor. Rm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 0990066
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ON THE REAL SIDE: LAUGHING, LYING, AND SIGNIFYING-THE UNDERGROUND TRADITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMOR THAT TRANSFORMED AMERICAN CULTURE, FROM SLAVERY TO RICHARD PRYOR
Published by
Simon & Schuster, NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0671689827
ISBN 13: 9780671689827
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Frontis. Illustrations. End Notes. Bibliography. Index. 652pp. Black cloth spine with metallic red title and mustard paper over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Humor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 001839
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