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Honey, hush! : an anthology of African American women's humor

Humor collected from "autobiographies, novel excerpts, essays, poems, speeches, comic routines, proverbial sayings, cartoons, mimeographed sheets, and folk tales."--Jacket
eBook, English, ©1998
W.W. Norton, New York, ©1998
Humor
1 online resource (xxxix, 673 pages)
1035595700
"No big thing for 'Oman": the power and strength of the black woman
"Nice girls don't": motherly advice
Mirror, mirror on the wall: the black woman's physical image
Bronzeville, U.S.A.: the black community
The black church and churchgoers
My sweet papa: courtship and good loving
"My daddy won't stop his evil ways": problems with husbands and lovers
"Just like a white man": dicties
My people, my people!: self-denigrating tales
Fight, kick, bite: dealing with a racist and sexist America
"From the back of the bus to the back of the national priority list": the civil rights movement, integration, and beyond
Tidbits from the laughing barrel
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