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1 online resource (226 pages) |
Series |
Judaica and Hebraica |
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Judaica and Hebraica.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Humor and Jewish identity; Shalom Aleichem's On account of a hat -- The Jew as comic: Lenny Bruce, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen; Psycho-social aspects of Jewish humor in Israel and in the Diaspora; Humor and satire as aggressive weapons (of Jews, against Jews and among Jews); Jewish jokes, anti-Semitic jokes and Hebredonian jokes; Gallows humor and Jewish humor: A reading of The Dance of Genghis Cohn by Romain Gary; Humor and sexism: The case of the Jewish joke; Tradition and Jewish Humor |
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The Rabbi versus the priest and other Jewish storiesHalachic issues as satirical elements in nineteenth century Hebrew literature; Tevie the milkman -- intertwining Jewish destiny and humor; Humor in the Promised Land; Political satire in the Israeli theatre: Another outlook on Zionism; What? Humor? in the news? -- How serious is the news on Israeli radio; Do Jews in Israel still laugh at themselves?; Political caricature as a reflection of Israel's development; Scholarly Bibliography on Jewish Humor; Index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Jewish wit and humor.
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Jewish wit and humor
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Ziv, Avner
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ISBN |
9781351510936 |
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1351510932 |
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