Title: Let there be laughter
Description: "Krasny delves deeply into the themes, topics and forms of Jewish humor: chauvinism undercut by irony and self-mockery; the fear of losing cultural identity through assimilation; the importance of vocal inflection in joke-telling; and calls to communal memory, including the use of Yiddish."--Book jacket.
Subjects: Jewish wit and humor, History and criticism, Humor, Jews, New York Times reviewed, HUMOR / Form / Jokes & Riddles, HUMOR / Topic / Religion