The Genius of the Jewish Joke

ISBN-13: 9781138535893 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 218 str.

Arthur Asa Berger

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Arthur Asa Berger