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The orgin of comedy
Title: The orgin of comedy
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2303 | Pages: 9.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The orgin of comedy
Professor Jim Gray of Sonoma State University defines culture as a means of survival. Going by this definition of culture the evolution of black humor has definitely been a foundation in the survival of the comedy in America. This paper will be a discussion of how African American Humor has evolved and for centuries has changed and continues to change the way we look at comedy. Before beginning this paper, I must stress the importance of humor for all races. Truly, the environment in which …showed first 85 words of 2303 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 2303 total…at the good and bad times of our country. Without humor, would we really survive?
Black Humor A Survival Strategy
Works Cited
1. Hughes, Langston. The Book of Negro Humor. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1966
2. Joyner, Charles. Down by the riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1984.
3. MacDonald, J. Fred. Don't Touch That Dial! Chicago: Nelson Hall, 1981.
4. Rourke Constance. American Humor: A study of the National Character. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Harvest, 1931.
5. Watkins, Mel. On The Real Side. New York: Touchstone, 1994
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