American Laughter, American Fury - Humor and the Making of a White Man''s Democracy, 17501850

"This work demonstrates how so-called "comical" practices, including not only jokes but also carnivalesque misrule, playing Indian, and wearing blackface helped white men cast "America" as a land and nation in which only they were entitled to citizenship"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Eran A. Zelnik is a lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eran A Zelnik, Eran A. Zelnik
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781421450605
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-5060-5
• Seiten: 352
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HUMOR / Topic / History, Humour, History of the Americas, Humor; Race; Nation; White Men; Blackface; Indian Play