Let There Be Laughter

Let There Be Laughter A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor & What It All Means

First edition

Hardback (01 Sep 2016)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780062422040
Publisher: William Morrow, An Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperOne
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 818.602
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xvii, 279
Weight: 454g
Height: 164mm
Width: 201mm
Spine width: 30mm