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9780190646127: A Club of Their Own: Jewish Humorists and the Contemporary World
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ISBN 10 : 0190646128 ISBN 13 : 9780190646127
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Volume XXIX of Studies in Contemporary Jewry takes its title from a joke by Groucho Marx: "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member." The line encapsulates one of the most important characteristics of Jewish humor: the desire to buffer oneself from potentially unsafe or awkward situations, and thus to achieve social and emotional freedom. By studying the history and development of Jewish humor, the essays in this volume not only provide nuanced accounts of how Jewish humor can be described but also make a case for the importance of humor in studying any culture.

A recent survey showed that about four in ten American Jews felt that "having a good sense of humor" was "an essential part of what being Jewish means to them," on a par with or exceeding caring for Israel, observing Jewish law, and eating traditional foods. As these essays show, Jewish humor has served many functions as a form of "insider" speech. It has been used to ridicule; to unite people in the face of their enemies; to challenge authority; to deride politics and politicians; in America, to ridicule conspicuous consumption; in Israel, to contrast expectations of political normalcy and bitter reality. However, much of contemporary Jewish humor is designed not only or even primarily as insider speech. Rather, it rewards all those who get the punch line.

A Club of Their Own moves beyond general theorizing about the nature of Jewish humor by serving a smorgasbord of finely grained, historically situated, and contextualized interdisciplinary studies of humor and its consumption in Jewish life in the modern world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eli Lederhendler is a modern Jewish historian who specializes in American and European Jewish politics, society, and migration. He has taught at Yale University, University College London, Vassar College, Tel-Aviv University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Gabriel N. Finder is Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of the Jewish Studies at the University of Virginia. His research interests lie in the Holocaust and in the rebuilding of Jewish life in Europe in its aftermath.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0190646128
ISBN 13 
9780190646127
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Nombre de pages
332
Éditeur
Lederhendler Eli, Finder Gabriel N.
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