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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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Subversive Laughter, Ronald Scott Jenkins
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- Subversive Laughter
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ronald Scott Jenkins
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 220
- ISBN10
- 0029164052
- ISBN13
- 9780029164051
- Series
- Rating
- 4.45 out of 5
- 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.