African American viewers and the black situation comedy: Situating racial humor

Robin R. Means Coleman

doi:10.4324/9781315785172

African American viewers and the black situation comedy: Situating racial humor

Robin R. Means Coleman^*

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Abstract

Providing new insight into key debates over race and representation in the media, this ethnographic study explores the ways in which African Americans have been depicted in Black situation comedies-from 1950's Beulah to contemporary series like Martin and Living Single.

Original language	English (US)
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Number of pages	334
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317716723
ISBN (Print)	9781315785172
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315785172
State	Published - Jan 2 2014

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