Crazy Funny Popular Black Satire and the Method of Madness

This book examines the ways in which contemporary works of black satire make black racial madness legible in ways that allow us to see the connections between suffering from racism and suffering from mental illness.

About the author

Lisa A. Guerrero is an Associate Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race at Washington State University, USA. She is the editor of Teaching Race in the 21st Century and the co-editor of African Americans on Television: Race-ing for Ratings.

Summary

This book examines the ways in which contemporary works of black satire make black racial madness legible in ways that allow us to see the connections between suffering from racism and suffering from mental illness.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa A. Guerrero, Lisa A. (Washington State University Guerrero
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.06.2021
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology
• EAN: 9781032073439
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207343-9
• Pages: 174
• Series: The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Black & Asian Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, cultural studies methodology, psychoanalytic criticism, racial identity theory, racialised mental illness in satire, mental health in ethnic studies, black subjectivity analysis, trauma and race studies