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9780253220110

Richard Pryor

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253220110

  • ISBN10:

    0253220114

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-08-27
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

Richard Pryor is an American icon whose name evokes irreverent humour, social critique, and a perplexing degree of self-agonized genius. This anthology captures in one volume the spirit, zest, and cultural impact of Pryor's complex artistry. Audrey Thomas McCluskey has assembled insightful essays from a broad range of scholars, social critics, writers, filmmakers, and other established and emerging commentators on American culture. Although a celebration of Pryor's genius, the book approaches the subject with a critical sensibility that provides insight into Richard Pryor's work to reveal how he simultaneously highlighted and embodied prominent narratives of race, gender, and social conditions in America in ways that continue to enlighten and entertain.

Author Biography

Audrey Thomas McCluskey is a professor of African American and African diaspora studies and former director of the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University, Bloomington. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Richard Pryor: Comic Genius, Tortured Soul
New Essays
""That Nigger's Crazy"": Richard Pryor, Racial Performativity, Cultural Critique
The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life is Calling
Was it Something He Said? Richard Pryor and Television Censorship
Richard Pryor and the Poetics of Cursing
Br'er Richard: Fascinatin' Storyteller
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