{"product_id":"the-jewish-joke-a-short-history-with-punchlines-9781643132372","title":"The Jewish Joke: A Short History-with Punchlines","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, and yet still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that animates the Jewish joke? Why are Jews so often thought of as \"funny\"? And how old can a joke get?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith jokes from Lena Dunham to Woody Allen, as well as Freud and Marx (Groucho, mostly), Baum balances serious research with light-hearted humor and provides fascinating insight into this wellknown and much loved cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaum, Devorah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDevorah Baum\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFeeling Jewish: A Book for Just About Anyone\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale, 2017) and co-director of the documentary film \u003ci\u003eThe New Man\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a lecturer in English literature and critical theory at the University of Southampton and an affiliate of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish\/non-Jewish Relations.","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681486541074,"sku":"9781643132372","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d4eed3f-96c3-4f53-a4ba-5a09b79c9566.jpg?v=1733954044","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jewish-joke-a-short-history-with-punchlines-9781643132372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}