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Wit Happens: Global Jewish Humor

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer Caplan (Editor), Jarrod Tanny (Editor), Avinoam Patt (Editor)Publish date:2/17/2026Pages:290
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wayne State University PressISBN-13:9780814352595ISBN-10:814352596UPC:9780814352595Book Category:Social Science, Humor, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Jewish Studies, Topic, HumorBook Topic:ReligionProduct ID:SCFK2RSF4Y

Wit Happens: Global Jewish Humor

A collection that proves Jewish humor knows no geographic bounds.

Searching for some well-traveled humor? Look no further than this innovative collection, which investigates Jewish humor in television, film, comedy performance, and literature spanning Canada, the US, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This wide-ranging compilation of Jewish "humors"--from the fallout of a Holocaus...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Wayne State University PressISBN-13:9780814352595ISBN-10:814352596UPC:9780814352595Book Category:Social Science, Humor, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Jewish Studies, Topic, HumorBook Topic:ReligionProduct ID:SCFK2RSF4Y

Jennifer Caplan is associate professor and the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of Funny, You Don't Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials (Wayne State University Press) as well as numerous articles and book chapters on Jewish humor. Jarrod Tanny is professor of history and the Charles an...

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

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