Arthur Asa Berger

The Genius of the Jewish Joke

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on what is distinctive and unusual about Jewish jokes and Jewish humor. The book makes a "radical" suggestion about the origin of Jewish humor, namely, that Sarah and Abraham's relation to God, and the name of their son Isaac (which, in Hebrew, means laughter), recognizes a special affinity in Jews for humor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138535893
• ISBN-10: 1138535893
• Artikelnr.: 50495862

Autorenporträt

Arthur Asa Berger

Inhaltsangabe

1: How Is This Book about Jewish Humor Different from All Other Books about Jewish Humor?
2: How Odd of God to Choose the Jews
3: On the Techniques of Jewish Jokes
4: Schlemiels, Schlimazels, and Other Jewish Fools and Comic Types (Old World and New World)
5: Jokes about Jews and Ethnic and Racial Minorities
6: On the Question of Masochism and Other Aspects of Jewish Humor