Wit Happens: Global Jewish Humor Paperback – February 17, 2026
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| Management number | 222236633 | Release Date | 2026/05/04 | List Price | $14.80 | Model Number | 222236633 | ||
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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 Holocaust joke told in Japan, to Mel Brooks's invocation of longstanding Jewish satirization in Blazing Saddles, to reevaluations of Jewish comedic themes from Kafka and Seinfeld―highlights the transnationality of Jewish identity and humor while emphasizing how Jewish culture shifts in unexpected ways across time and place. The contributions illustrate the value of studying Jewish humor that decenters the US and Ashkenazi-centered analysis, broadening considerations of the possibilities within Jewish cultural production through humor as it transforms globally. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0814352596 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0814352595 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
| Dimensions | 5 x 0.37 x 8 inches |
| Item Weight | 15.2 ounces |
| Print length | 290 pages |
| Publication date | February 17, 2026 |
Historiography
Humor
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