Jewish Way: Essays on Jewish Humor

by Sarah Blacher Cohen

Book Overview

When the Jews of Eastern Europe came to the United States in the 19th century, they brought with them their own special humor. Developed in response to the dissonant reality of their lives, their self-critical humor served as a source of salvation, enabling them to endure a painful history with a sense of power. In America, the marginal status of immigrant Jews prompted them to use humor a a defense, exaggerating or mocking their ethnicity as events...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814323669
• ISBN13: 9780814323663
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"