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Leisure Sciences
An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volume 43, 2021 - Issue 1-2: Special Issue: Leisure in the Time of Covid-19; Guest Editors: Brett Lashua, Corey W. Johnson, and Diana C. Parry
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Critical Commentaries

Laughing While Black: Resistance, Coping and the Use of Humor as a Pandemic Pastime among Blacks

Corliss Outleya Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Shamaya Bowenb School of Journalism & Media Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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Harrison Pinckneya Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1700-5938
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Pages 305-314 | Received 24 Apr 2020, Accepted 17 May 2020, Published online: 26 Jun 2020

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