Michael Krasny has been telling Jewish jokes since his bar mitzvah, and it's been said that he kws more of them than anyone on the planet. He certainly states his case in this wise, enlightening, and hilarious book that t only collects the best of Jewish humor passed down from generation to generation, but explains the cultural expressions and anxieties behind the laughs. With his background as a scholar and public-radio host, Krasny delves deeply into the themes, topics, and form 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. Borrowing from traditional humor and such Jewish comedy legends as Jackie Mason, Mel Brooks, and Joan Rivers, Larry David, Sarah Silverman, Jerry Seinfeld, and Amy Schumer, Let There Be Laughter is an absolute pleasure for the chosen and goyim alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Highbridge Audio
ISBN-10
1681683857
ISBN-13
9781681683850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228364738
Product Key Features
Author
Michael Krasny
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Running Time
2
Narrator(s)
Michael Krasny
Date of Publication
27/09/2016
Subject
Humour: Collections & General
Imprint
Highbridge Audio
Country of Publication
United States
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