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245 00 Jews and Humor /|ceditor, Leonard J. Greenspoon.
264 1 West Lafayette, Indiana :|bPurdue University Press,|c2011.
264 3 Baltimore, Md. :|bProject MUSE, |c2012.
264 4 |c©2011.
300 1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages).
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490 1 Studies in Jewish civilization,|x1070-8510 ;|vv.22
500 "Proceedings of the twenty-second annual symposium of the
Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization - Harris Center for
Judaic Studies, October 25-26, 2009" -- P. [i].
504 Includes bibliographical references.
505 0 Humor in the Bible / Charles David Isbell -- Why did the
widow have a goat in her bed? : Jewish humor and its roots
in the Talmud and Midrash / David Brodsky -- But is it
funny? : identifying humor, satire, and parody in rabbinic
literature / Eliezer Diamond -- Masekhet Purim / Peter J.
Haas -- Jewish humor as a source of research on Polish-
Jewish relations / Joanna Sliwa -- Jewish jokes, Yiddish
storytelling, and Sholem Aleichem : a discursive approach
/ Jordan Finkin -- Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Karl :
immigrant humor and the Depression / Leonard M. Helfgott -
- Nuances and subtleties in Jewish film humor / Michael W.
Rubinoff -- The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class,
assimilation, and whiteness in Postwar America / Giovanna
P. Del Negro -- One clove away from a pomander ball : the
subversive tradition of Jewish female comedians / Joyce
Antler -- Heckling the divine : Woody Allen, the Book of
Job, and Jewish theology after the Holocaust / Jason
Kalman -- Tragicomedy and zikkaron in Mel Brooks's "To be
or not to be" / Joan Latchaw and David Peterson -- "They
ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore" : the musical humor
of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in historical and
geographical perspective / Theodore Albrecht -- The new
Jewish blackface : African American tropes in contemporary
Jewish humor / David Gillota.
520 "Jews and humor is, for most people, a natural and
felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of,
a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have
often created or resorted to humor. But what is "humor"?
And what makes certain types, instances, or performances
of humor "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries
addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are
collected in this volume. And, thankfully, their
observations, always apt and often witty, are expressed
with a lightness of style and a depth of analysis that are
appropriate to the many topics they cover. The
chronological range of these essays is vast: from the
Hebrew Bible to the 2000s, with many stops in between for
Talmudic texts, medieval parodies, eighteenth century joke
books, and twentieth century popular entertainment.The
subject matter is equally impressive.In addition to
rounding up many of the "usual suspects," such as Woody
Allen, the Marx Brothers, and Gilda Radner, these authors
also scout out some unlikely comic resources, like the
author of the biblical book of Exodus, the rabbinic writer
of Genesis Rabbah, and the party records star Belle Barth.
Without forcing any of these characters into a pre-
constructed mold, the scholars who contributed to this
collection allow readers both to discern the common
features that make up "Jewish humor" and to delight in the
individualism and eccentricities of the many figures whose
lives and accomplishments are narrated here. Because these
essays are written in a clear, jargon-free style, they
will appeal to everyone-even those who don't usually crack
a smile!" -- P. [4] of cover.
588 Description based on print version record.
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710 2 University of Nebraska--Lincoln.|bHarris Center for Judaic
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856 40 |zOnline eBook. Open Access via Project Muse. |uhttps://
muse.jhu.edu/book/13463/
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