Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humor (Contributions in Ethnic Studies)
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Book Description
This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses Jewish humor as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry. Scholars from England, France, the United States, Denmark, Israel, and Australia explore Jewish humor from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, literature, psychology, sociology, and religion. Individual essays focus on linkages with language, religion, and historical traditions; study characteristics such as gallows humor, self-disparagement, and stereotyping; analyze distinctions between humor in Israel and in the diaspora; and discuss the contributions of Jewish humorists and comic performers and Jewish theorists of humor.
About the Author
AVNER ZIV is Professor of Psychology in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where his main research specialties are psychology of humor, adolescence, giftedness, and counseling and psychotherapy. ANAT ZAJDMAN is an assistant in the Department of Education at the University of Haifa, Israel, where she is engaged in educational research, particularly on the educational aspects of the use of humor in schools and the implications of humor in interpersonal communication.
Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humor (Contributions in Ethnic Studies),Avner Ziv,Anat Zajdman,Greenwood Press,0313261350,Discrimination & Racism,History and criticism,Humor,Jewish American Literature,Jewish wit and humor,Jews,Psychological aspects,Satire And Humor,Social Science,Sociology,Ethnography,Jewish studies,Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations,USA
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