African American satire

By Darryl Dickson-Carr

Subjects: American fiction, Intellectual life, Politics and literature, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, African Americans, Satire, american, American Political fiction, African Americans in literature, Political satire, history and criticism, American Political satire, African American authors, History and criticism, Political fiction, history and criticism, American Satire, History

Description: "Satire's real purpose as a literary genre is to criticize through humor, irony, caricature, and parody, and ultimately to defy the status quo. In African American Satire, Darryl Dickson-Carr provides the first book-length study of African-American satire and the vital role it has played. In the process he investigates African American literature, American literature, and the history of satire."--BOOK JACKET.