a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means Krasny, Michael Jay 1944- creator nyu New York, NY William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers 2016 eng xvii, 279 pages ; 20 cm . 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. 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 Michael Krasny. "More than 100 of the funniest Jewish jokes of all time"--Jacket Humorismo judío PN 6231 K89l 2016 9780062422040 0062422049 260323 20260514151828.0 eng