Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke: Traditions of Afro-American Satire.

Cook, William W.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke: Traditions of Afro-American Satire.

Cook, William W.

Journal of Ethnic Studies, v13 n1 p109-34 Spr 1985

Cites and discusses various forms of satire from Black American, Caribbean, and African cultures. Forms considered include oral ballads ('toasts') antebellum sermons, praise poems, mother-rhyming, ritual insult and theater. Emphasizes the agonistic element and the impossibility of performing Afro-American satire in standard English. (RDN)

Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Black Dialects, Nonstandard Dialects, Satire

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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