Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Boundaries of American Ethnic Humor 1
5. 1. “Just Us”: African American Humor in Multiethnic America 20
6. 2. The New Jewish Blackface: Ethnic Anxiety in Contemporary Jewish Humor 48
7. 3. “Cracker, Please!”: Toward a White Ethnic Humor 76
8. 4. Imagining Diversity: Corporate Multiculturalism in the Children’s Film and the Situation Comedy 104
9. 5. Comedy without Borders? Toward a Multiethnic Humor 131
10. Conclusion: Emerging Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America 153
11. Notes 171
12. Index 185
13. About the Author 195