Research Catalog

Title

Let there be laughter : a treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means / Michael Krasny.

Author

Krasny, Michael, 1944-

Publication

New York : William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]

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Details

Description

xvii, 279 pages; 20 cm

Summary

"Krasny delves deeply into the themes, topics and forms of Jewish humor: chauvinism undercut by irony and self-mockery; the fear of losing cultural identity through assimilation; the importance of vocal inflection in joke-telling; and calls to communal memory, including the use of Yiddish."--Book jacket.

Alternative Title

• Ttreasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means
• Treasury of great Jewish humor & what it all means

Subject

• Jewish wit and humor
• Jews > Humor > History and criticism
• HUMOR / Form / Jokes & Riddles
• HUMOR / Topic / Religion
• Jews > Humor

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Humor

Note

• "More than 100 of the funniest Jewish jokes of all time"-- Dust jacket.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Jewish mothers & Jewish bubbies -- II. Sex & marriage -- III. Schlemiels & schmucks -- IV. Yiddish, generations & assimilation -- V. Celebration -- VI. Suffering -- VII. Separate & distinct.

ISBN

• 9780062422040 (hardcover)
• 0062422049 (hardcover)

OCLC

• 957642704
• SCSB-11883001

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library