{"product_id":"post-soul-satire-black-identity-after-civil-rights-paperback","title":"Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity After Civil Rights - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek C. Maus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames J. Donahue\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003e30 Americans\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eAngry White Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eBamboozled\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Boondocks\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eChappelle's Show\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Colored Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of twenty-one essays takes an interdisciplinary look at the flowering of satire and its influence in defining new roles in black identity. As a mode of expression for a generation of writers, comedians, cartoonists, musicians, filmmakers, and visual\/conceptual artists, satire enables collective questioning of many of the fundamental presumptions about black identity in the wake of the civil rights movement. Whether taking place in popular and controversial television shows, in a provocative series of short internet films, in prize-winning novels and plays, in comic strips, or in conceptual hip-hop albums, this satirical impulse has found a receptive audience both within and outside the black community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Such works have been variously called \"post-black,\" \"post-soul,\" and examples of a \"New Black Aesthetic.\" Whatever the label, this collection bears witness to a noteworthy shift regarding the ways in which African American satirists feel constrained by conventional obligations when treating issues of racial identity, historical memory, and material representation of blackness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the artists examined in this collection are Paul Beatty, Dave Chappelle, Trey Ellis, Percival Everett, Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino), Spike Lee, Aaron McGruder, Lynn Nottage, ZZ Packer, Suzan Lori-Parks, Mickalene Thomas, Touré, Kara Walker, and George C. Wolfe. The essays intentionally seek out interconnections among various forms of artistic expression. Contributors look at the ways in which contemporary African American satire engages in a broad ranging critique that exposes fraudulent, outdated, absurd, or otherwise damaging mindsets and behaviors both within and outside the African American community.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek C. Maus\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at SUNY Potsdam and is author of \u003ci\u003eUnvarnishing Reality: Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Colson Whitehead \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFinding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eJames J. Donahue\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at SUNY Potsdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52701166403891,"sku":"9781496804563","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c2tHK1N0c09hSXJTeDdhcE9CVFdwdz09.webp?v=1763262039","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/post-soul-satire-black-identity-after-civil-rights-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}