TY  - GEN
AU  - Krasny,Michael Jay
TI  - Let there be laughter : : a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means 
SN  - 9780062422040 
AV  - PN 6231 K89l 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers, 
KW  - Humorismo judío
N1  - "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
N2  - 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
ER  -