Played Out The Race Man in Twenty-First-Century Satire
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
BRANDON J. MANNING is an assistant professor of Black literature and culture in the Department of English and a core faculty member in the comparative race and ethnic studies department at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth."<i>Played Out</i> is an instantly canonical book. It tackles narratives of the Race Man, racial uplift, and respectability politics through the lens of satire to reveal the enduring mythos of acceptable Black social justice work. Through this brilliant, deeply researched book, Brandon Manning rescripts the pathways to social transformation and progress."
- Robin R. Means Coleman, author of African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor
“Brandon Manning joins a group of brilliant scholars working on contemporary African American satire who have redefined scholarship on Black texts and Black bodies. His analyses of Percival Everett’s recent work and President Barack Obama’s role in this era cannot be missed.”
- Darryl Dickson-Carr, author of Spoofing the Modern: Satire in the Harlem Renaissance
Left of Black | Brandon J. Manning on Black Satire
Left of Black Podcast, produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
"<i>Played Out</i> is an instantly canonical book. It tackles narratives of the Race Man, racial uplift, and respectability politics through the lens of satire to reveal the enduring mythos of acceptable Black social justice work. Through this brilliant, deeply researched book, Brandon Manning rescripts the pathways to social transformation and progress."
- Robin R. Means Coleman, author of African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor
“Brandon Manning joins a group of brilliant scholars working on contemporary African American satire who have redefined scholarship on Black texts and Black bodies. His analyses of Percival Everett’s recent work and President Barack Obama’s role in this era cannot be missed.”
- Darryl Dickson-Carr, author of Spoofing the Modern: Satire in the Harlem Renaissance
Left of Black | Brandon J. Manning on Black Satire
Left of Black Podcast, produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Please Let Me Be Misunderstood
Chapter 1: Of Our Satirical Strivings
Chapter 2: Neoliberalism and the Funny Race Man
Chapter 3: Integrationist Intimacies
Chapter 4: The President and His Translator
Conclusion: Beyond the Funny Race Man