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Summary:

"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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Zelnik, Eran A., 1979- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

American laughter, American fury: humor and the making of a white man's democracy, 1750-1850 [by Zelnik, E.A.]

Subjects:

American wit and humor — History and criticism

National characteristics, American

African Americans — History

United States — Race relations

White people — United States — Attitudes

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

PS430 .Z45 2025eb

ISBNs:

9781421450612 (electronic bk.)
1421450615 (electronic bk.)
9781421450605 [Invalid]
1421450607 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1478704018

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31529655 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306828742