Jokes of Sigmund Freud : a study in humor and Jewish identity / Elliott Oring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oring, Elliott, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Humor.

Freud, Sigmund.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Psychoanalysts--Austria--Biography.

Psychoanalysts.

Austria.

Jewish wit and humor--History and criticism.

Jewish wit and humor.

Genre:

Humor.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 151 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Rowman and Littlefield edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.

Summary:

The Jokes of Sigmund Freud unravels the intimate connections between Sigmund Freud and his Jewish identity. Author Elliott Oring observes that Freud frequently identified with the characters in the jokes he told, and that there was a strong relationship between these jokes and his own psychological and social state. This analysis offers novel insights into the enigmatic character of Freud and a fresh perspective on the nature of the science that he founded.

Contents:

1 Jokes and Freud 1

2 The Schnorrer 13

3 The Schadchen 27

4 The Ostjude 42

5 Fahrenheit 52

6 The Kuck 79

7 The Egyptian Moses 91

8 The Complex 102

9 The Sublimation 119.

Notes:

"A Jason Aronson Book"

"Third edition" -- p. 1 of cover

Originally published: Philadelphia, Pa : University of Pennsylvania Press, c.1984.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 142-148) and index.

ISBN:

0765704293

9780765704290

OCLC:

168691505