Jewish comedy : a serious history /: a serious history. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy Dauber.
• Authors: Dauber, Jeremy Asher
• Contents: Introduction: A joke, two definitions, seven themes, four warnings, and another joke -- What's so funny about anti-semitism? -- Noy-so-nice Jewish doctors -- The wit of the Jews -- A view from the bottom -- The divine comedy -- The tale of the folk -- Jewish comedy--hold the Jewishness.
• Publisher Details: London New York : W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 364 pages)
• Subjects: 809.7/935203924; Jewish wit and humor -- History and criticism; Jews -- Humor; Jewish wit and humor; Jews; HUMOR / Religion; PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Humor; Humor; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393247886; 0393247880
• Related ISBNs: 9780393247879; 0393247872
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-341) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.