Let there be laughter : a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means / Michael Krasny.

By:

Krasny, Michael Jay, 1944-

Language: English Publication details: New York, NY : William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.Description: xvii, 279 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9780062422040
0062422049

Other title:

Treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means

Subject(s):

Humorismo judío

LOC classification:

PN 6231 K89l 2016

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 6231 K89l 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000191734

"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.

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