Comedy of Dave Chappelle

K.A. Wisniewski is an assistant professor of history at Stevenson University in Stevenson, Maryland. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in a variety of publications including journals Genre, The Mochila Review, Welter, and the Small Press Review.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionK.A. WISNIEWSKI      1. Exploring NiggerdomRacial Inversion in Language TaboosRICHARD J. GRAY II and MICHAEL PUTNAM      2. Comic Genius or Con Man?Deconstructing the Comedy of Dave ChappelleNOVOTNY LAWRENCE      3. The Comedian Is a “Man”Gender Performance in the Comedy of Dave ChappelleANDREA CUMBO      4. Dave Chappelle, the Wu-Tang Clan and Afro-Asian AmericaGRAHAM CHIA-HUI PRESTON      5. Laughing WhitenessPixies, Parody, and PerspectivesBRIAN GOGAN      6. Impersonating HollywoodThe Conflicting Identity Discourses of Charlie Murphy’s TrueHollywood StoriesJULIA ROUND      7. The Artistry of Ethnography in Dave Chappelle’s Block PartyC. RILEY SNORTON      8. Gramsci, Selling Out, and the Politics of Race LoyaltyExploring Chappelle’s No-ShowAMARNATH AMARASINGAM      9. “When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong”Subversions of Racial AuthenticityKATHERINE LEE      10. When “Keeping It Real” Goes RightKIMBERLEY A. YATES      11. “White People, Run for Cover”Dave Chappelle’s Festival of MisruleFRANCESCA GAMBER      12. HauntedDave Chappelle’s Radical Racial Politics in the Context of Co-optedBlacknessCHIWEN BAO      ConclusionLegacy and Dave ChappelleK. A. WISNIEWSKI      Filmography      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      About the Contributors      Index