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Jewish Comedy
A Serious History
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This insightful and entertaining volume is ideal for readers interested in comedy, Jewish culture, literary scholarship, and the evolution of humour across history.
A celebrated scholar’s rich account of Jewish humour: its nature, its development and its vital role throughout Jewish history.
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In a work of scholarship both erudite and funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organising his book thematically into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy (including the Satirical, the Witty and the Vulgar), Dauber explores the ways Jewish comedy has dealt with persecution, assimilation and diaspora through the ages.
He explains the rise and fall of popular comic archetypes such as the Jewish mother, the JAP, and the schlemiel and schlimazel. He also explores a range of comic masterpieces, from the Book of Esther, Talmudic rabbi jokes, Yiddish satires, Borscht Belt skits and Seinfeld to the work of such masters as Sholem Aleichem, Franz Kafka, the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Philip Roth, Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart.
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The Economist praises Dauber's work as a deft survey of the entire history of Jewish humour. The Spectator highlights its impressive mastery and the way it connects American-Jewish comedy to a deeper cultural heritage.
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ISBN: 9780393247879
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 November 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 550g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in New York City.
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