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McCluskey - Richard Pryor: The Life and Legacy of a Crazy Black Man - 9780253220110 - V9780253220110
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Richard Pryor: The Life and Legacy of a Crazy Black Man

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Description for Richard Pryor: The Life and Legacy of a Crazy Black Man Paperback. An anthology of essays that capture the spirit, zest, and cultural impact of Richard Pryor's complex artistry. It provides insight into his work to reveal how he simultaneously highlighted and embodied prominent narratives of race, gender, and social conditions in America in ways that enlighten and entertain. Editor(s): McCluskey, Audrey Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.

Richard Pryor is an American icon whose name evokes irreverent humor, 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 his work to reveal how he simultaneously highlighted and embodied prominent narratives of race, gender, and social conditions in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220110
SKU
V9780253220110
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About McCluskey
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.

Reviews for Richard Pryor: The Life and Legacy of a Crazy Black Man
McClusky's contributions and other essays, specifically those by David Felton and Keith Harris, invite discussion on the ways Pryor transformed American comic style. . . . Recommended.March 2009
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McClusky's Life & Legacy Of . . . gathers together 20 essays and features on Pryor, ranging from retrospective cultural criticism, contemporary reviews and interviews and biographical features. Each ... Read more

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