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vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi 1. Instituting Ambivalence: Race, Comedy-Variety, and Seventies TV 1 2. Entertaining Identities, or the Politics of Variety Performance 33 3. Variety and the Art of the Audience 77 Conclusion 99 NOTES 109 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 121 INDEX 125 CONTENTS This page intentionally left blank ...

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