Jewish Comedy by Jeremy Dauber

Jewish Comedy by Jeremy Dauber

In a work of scholarship both erudite and funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organising his book thematically into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy (including the Satirical, the Witty and the Vulgar), Dauber explores the ways Jewish comedy has dealt with persecution, assimilation and diaspora through the ages. He explains the rise and fall of popular comic archetypes such as the Jewish mother, the JAP, and the schlemiel and schlimazel. He also explores a range of comic masterpieces, from the Book of Esther, Talmudic rabbi jokes, Yiddish satires, Borscht Belt skits and Seinfeld to the work of such masters as Sholem Aleichem, Franz Kafka, the Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Philip Roth, Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart.

"Mr Dauber deftly surveys the whole recorded history of Jewish humour.." -- The Economist
"Dauber’s history of Jewish comedy is really one of how the past century’s American-Jewish comedy relates to a deeper cultural heritage… it displays impressive mastery of the subject." -- The Spectator

Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Jewish Comedy and The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780393247879
ISBN 10	0393247872
Title	Jewish Comedy
Author	Jeremy Dauber
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2017-11-28
Number of pages	384
Prizes	Short-listed for National Jewish Book Award 2017, Short-listed for Natan Book Award 2018
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