Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humour

Ziv, A. and Zajdman, A. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0313261350 / ISBN 13: 9780313261350

Published by Greenwood Press, 1993

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0313261350.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humour
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313261350
• ISBN 13: 9780313261350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 600 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

With an ongoing international conference, Jewish humor in recent years has been a subject of serious scholarly inquiry. Most academic publications, however, have been individual works representing a particular thesis or viewpoint, generally on literary aspects. The present collection of essays by scholars from England, France, the United States, Denmark, Israel, and Australia explores characteristics of Jewish humor from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, literature, psychology, sociology, and religion.

Geographically, the work distinguishes between the Jewish humor of Israel and that of the diaspora; historically, it traces Jewish humor to the Bible. The linkages with Judaism and the Yiddish language are explored. Essays deal with the Jewish use of humor in stressful and tragic situations, with self-disparagement in Jewish humor, with anti-semitism and stereotyping, and with Jewish women as the objects of humor. The contributions to world culture of humorists Sholom Aleichem, Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Charlie Chaplin, and numerous contemporary performers are discussed as are the Jewish theorists of humor, including Sigmund Freud, Henri Bergson, and Arthur Koestler. An interdisciplinary book, it will be of interest to students and researchers of Jewish tradition and folklore, Jewish-American literature, American studies, and humor, popular culture, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.

About the Author

AVNER ZIV is Professor of Educational Psychology at Tel Aviv University where he was chairman of the Department of Educational Sciences for four years.