The Jewish joke : a short history - with punchlines /
Comedy is full of famously funny Jews, from Groucho Marx to Sarah Silverman, from Larry David to Jerry Seinfeld. This smart and funny book includes tales from many of these much-loved comics, and will appeal to their broad audience, while revealing the history, context and wider culture of Jewish jo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | Comedy is full of famously funny Jews, from Groucho Marx to Sarah Silverman, from Larry David to Jerry Seinfeld. This smart and funny book includes tales from many of these much-loved comics, and will appeal to their broad audience, while revealing the history, context and wider culture of Jewish joking. The Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds and yet still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that animates the Jewish joke? Why are Jews so often thought of as 'funny'? And how old can a joke get? |
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| Physical Description: | 184 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781681777429 1681777428 |