Subversive Laughter: The Liberating Power of Comedy

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ISBN-10:

0029164052

ISBN-13:

9780029164051

Author(s): Ron Jenkins
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jun 01, 1994
Publisher: Free Press
Format: Hardcover, 220 pages
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Description:

From Charlie Chaplin's parody of the great dictator to Richard Pryor's demysticism of racism, the funniest, noblest comedy has always been rooted in hostility to oppression. Now Ron Jenkins shows how comics around the world use their art to combat political and social tyranny in everyday life.

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