Segregation Games Nancy E. Briggs Laughing to Keep from Dying

Laughing to Keep from Dying reveals how African American satirists unmask the illusions and anxieties surrounding race in the twenty-first century

Bennett mines the historical archives of Europe and Africa to reinterpret the first century of sustained African-European interaction

and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize

walking the streets of Kentish Town whilst trying to avoid his old enemy

in the poet's fears for her son

Segregation Games Nancy E. Briggs Laughing to Keep from DyingA cultural history of race, resistance, and representation in a city divided by politics and play When outfielder Bernie Carbo joined the Red Sox in 1974, he brought with him a toy gorilla named Mighty Joe Young that became the team's unofficial mascot for several players and many in the local press. This seemingly innocent stuffed animal was introduced within a baseball team notorious for its stubborn discrimination, and during a particularly fraught