Green, S (2016) No laughing matter? The ethics of racial humor in Tres sombreros de copa. Romance Quarterly, 63 (2). pp. 63-72. ISSN 0883-1157
Abstract
Miguel Mihura’s Tres sombreros de copa is often celebrated as an irresistibly funny critique of the values of the bourgeoisie in early twentieth-century Spain. Yet the appreciation of some (myself included) is tempered by a discomfort at the handful of references to race and blackness in the play. Drawing on an approach to the ethics of humor that recognizes its performative aspect, this article considers several productions of Mihura’s comedy from 1983 to 2011, and analyzes the various ways in which they do or do not engage with the potentially “racist” humor of the published text and with the issue of how to perform the character of Buby on stage.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Romance Quarterly on 16 March 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146017. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Tres sombreros de copa; ethics of humor; racism; performance; blackface |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2016 13:08 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2017 03:40 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08831157.2016.1146017 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/08831157.2016.1146017 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94315 |