{"id":4144,"date":"2025-10-13T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:41:26","slug":"anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n
\n \n \n
\n \n \n
\n\n \n

ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n
\n \n
\n\n \n Spring 2026\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n October 13, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n
\n \n \n Share\n <\/span>\n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n Copy Link<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n Facebook<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n \n \n\n<\/svg>\n\n <\/span>\n X<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n LinkedIn<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n \n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n Bluesky<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n Email<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n \n
\n\n \n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n\n \n
\n
\n\n \n
\n\n \n

\n Spring 2026\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n

Instructor:<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Lanita Jacobs<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Monday\u00a0 2:00-4:50pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring 2026<\/p>\n

This course explores the rich and complex tradition of African American humor across theatre, radio\/TV, folklore, literature, and standup comedy. Through interdisciplinary lenses\u2014from cultural studies to humor theory\u2014we\u2019ll examine how Black humor reflects, critiques, and reshapes ideas of race, identity, language, class, and authenticity. Together, we\u2019ll laugh, analyze, and engage the political and cultural power of Black comedic expression, past and present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":4146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[42,21],"class_list":["post-4144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","tag-spring-2026","tag-upper-division"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture - Department of Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spring 2026 This course explores the rich and complex tradition of African American humor across theatre, radio\/TV, folklore, literature, and standup comedy. Through interdisciplinary lenses\u2014from cultural studies to humor theory\u2014we\u2019ll examine how Black humor reflects, critiques, and reshapes ideas of race, identity, language, class, and authenticity. Together, we\u2019ll laugh, analyze, and engage the political and cultural power of Black comedic expression, past and present.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"433\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jordanjh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jordanjh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45\"},\"headline\":\"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\"},\"wordCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Spring 2026\",\"Upper division (300-400 level)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Courses\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\",\"name\":\"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture - Department of Anthropology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png\",\"width\":1473,\"height\":433},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Anthropology\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife Department of Anthropology\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45\",\"name\":\"jordanjh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e29f4ceec682b6a2acc42ae2b9252311b283ba082fda32bf201f301f7431af50?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e29f4ceec682b6a2acc42ae2b9252311b283ba082fda32bf201f301f7431af50?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jordanjh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/author\/jordanjh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture - Department of Anthropology","og_description":"Spring 2026 This course explores the rich and complex tradition of African American humor across theatre, radio\/TV, folklore, literature, and standup comedy. Through interdisciplinary lenses\u2014from cultural studies to humor theory\u2014we\u2019ll examine how Black humor reflects, critiques, and reshapes ideas of race, identity, language, class, and authenticity. Together, we\u2019ll laugh, analyze, and engage the political and cultural power of Black comedic expression, past and present.","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/","og_site_name":"Department of Anthropology","article_published_time":"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1473,"height":433,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"jordanjh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/"},"author":{"name":"jordanjh","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45"},"headline":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture","datePublished":"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/"},"wordCount":7,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png","keywords":["Spring 2026","Upper division (300-400 level)"],"articleSection":["Courses"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/","name":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture - Department of Anthropology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png","datePublished":"2025-10-13T18:35:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-13T18:41:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/10\/AA-Comedy.png","width":1473,"height":433},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/10\/13\/anth-395m-african-american-humor-and-culture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ANTH 395m: African American Humor and Culture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/","name":"Department of Anthropology","description":"USC Dornsife Department of Anthropology","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/e1418241c7cadc3532de14d240021a45","name":"jordanjh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e29f4ceec682b6a2acc42ae2b9252311b283ba082fda32bf201f301f7431af50?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e29f4ceec682b6a2acc42ae2b9252311b283ba082fda32bf201f301f7431af50?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jordanjh"},"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/author\/jordanjh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4152,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions\/4152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}