Funny, you don't look funny: Judaism and humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials
"In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do Jewish," revealing that American Jews have, and continue to, turn to humor as a cultu...
| Subtitles: | Funny, you do not look funny |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Detroit
Wayne State University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Caplan, Jennifer, Funny, you don't look funny : Judaism and humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials] (2025) (Slucki, David S., 1984 -)
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| Further subjects: | B
Jewish wit and humor
B Jews B United States B Jewish wit and humor History and criticism B Criticism, interpretation, etc B Humor B Jews (United States) Humor |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do Jewish," revealing that American Jews have, and continue to, turn to humor as a cultural touchstone. Caplan frames the book around four generations of Jewish Americans from the Silent Generation to Millennials, highlighting a shift from the utilization of Jewish-specific markers to American-specific markers. Jewish humor operates as a system of meaning-making for many Jewish Americans. By mapping humor onto both the generational identity of those making it and the use of Judaism within it, new insights about the development of American Judaism emerge. Caplan's explication is innovative and insightful, engaging with scholarly discourse across Jewish studies and Jewish American history; it includes the work of Joseph Heller, Larry David, Woody Allen, Seinfeld, the Coen brothers films, and Broad City."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 175 pages, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8143-4731-7 978-0-8143-4730-0 |
