01414 a2200277 4500 BJBSDDR 20260514151828.0 ta 260323s2016 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780062422040 0062422049 eng DLC eng PN 6231 K89l 2016 Krasny, Michael Jay, 1944- 6291 Let there be laughter : a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means / Michael Krasny. Treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means New York, NY : William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. xvii, 279 pages ; 20 cm . "More than 100 of the funniest Jewish jokes of all time"--Jacket Introduction I. Jewish mothers & Jewish bubbies II. Sex & marriage III. Schlemiels & schmucks IV. Yiddish, generations & assimilation V. Celebration VI. Suffering VII. Separate & distinct Conclusion & outtakes Acknowledgments Krasny delves deeply into the themes, topics and forms of Jewish humor: chauvinism undercut by irony and self-mockery; the fear of losing cultural identity through assimilation; the importance of vocal inflection in joke-telling; and calls to communal memory, including the use of Yiddish."--Jacket. Humorismo judío 35101 lcc BK sba 126667 126667 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2026-03-23 0 PN 6231 K89l 2016 00000191734 2026-03-23 15:44:00 1 2026-03-23 BK