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Jewish comedy : a serious history / Jeremy Dauber.
Van Pelt Library PN6149.J4 D38 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dauber, Jeremy, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish wit and humor--History and criticism.
- Jewish wit and humor.
- Jews--Humor.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Humor.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 364 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction: A joke, two definitions, seven themes, four warnings, and another joke
- What's so funny about anti-semitism?
- Noy-so-nice Jewish doctors
- The wit of the Jews
- A view from the bottom
- The divine comedy
- The tale of the folk
- Jewish comedy
- hold the Jewishness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393247879
- 0393247872
- OCLC:
- 971348411
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