218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Genius of the Jewish Joke focuses on what is distinctive and unusual about Jewish jokes and Jewish humor. Jewish humor is humor by Jews and about Jews, in whatever medium this humor is found. Jokes are defined as short stories, meant to amuse, with a punch line, though Jewish humor exists in many other forms—riddles, comic definitions, parodies—as well. The book makes a "radical" suggestion... Read more
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
Biography
Arthur Asa Berger
