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Jews and humor

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概要 "Jews and humor is, for most people, a natural and felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted to humor.... But what is "humor"? And what makes certain types, instances, or performances of humor "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are collected in this volume. And, thankfully, their observations, always apt and often witty, are expressed with a lightness of style and a depth of analysis that are appropriate to the many topics they cover. The chronological range of these essays is vast: from the Hebrew Bible to the 2000s, with many stops in between for Talmudic texts, medieval parodies, eighteenth century joke books, and twentieth century popular entertainment.The subject matter is equally impressive.In addition to rounding up many of the "usual suspects," such as Woody Allen, the Marx Brothers, and Gilda Radner, these authors also scout out some unlikely comic resources, like the author of the biblical book of Exodus, the rabbinic writer of Genesis Rabbah, and the party records star Belle Barth. Without forcing any of these characters into a pre-constructed mold, the scholars who contributed to this collection allow readers both to discern the common features that make up "Jewish humor" and to delight in the individualism and eccentricities of the many figures whose lives and accomplishments are narrated here. Because these essays are written in a clear, jargon-free style, they will appeal to everyone-even those who don't usually crack a smile!" -- P. [4] of cover.続きを見る
目次 Humor in the Bible
Charles David Isbell
Why did the widow have a goat in her bed? : Jewish humor and its roots in the Talmud and Midrash
David Brodsky
But is it funny? : identifying humor, satire, and parody in rabbinic literature
Eliezer Diamond
Masekhet Purim
Peter J. Haas
Jewish humor as a source of research on Polish-Jewish relations
Joanna Sliwa
Jewish jokes, Yiddish storytelling, and Sholem Aleichem : a discursive approach
Jordan Finkin
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Karl : immigrant humor and the Depression
Leonard M. Helfgott
Nuances and subtleties in Jewish film humor
Michael W. Rubinoff
The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in Postwar America
Giovanna P. Del Negro
One clove away from a pomander ball : the subversive tradition of Jewish female comedians
Joyce Antler
Heckling the divine : Woody Allen, the Book of Job, and Jewish theology after the Holocaust
Jason Kalman
Tragicomedy and zikkaron in Mel Brooks's "To be or not to be"
Joan Latchaw and David Peterson
"They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore" : the musical humor of Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in historical and geographical perspective
Theodore Albrecht
The new Jewish blackface : African American tropes in contemporary Jewish humor
David Gillota.
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