This text deals with ten important Jewish American comedians from an historical perspective and in a systematic manner. The focus is on the impact of Judaism on these humourists and on their relations to American culture and character. The performers have played an important part in American popular culture and their humour reflects interesting and important things about American society.
Throughout the book there is a discussion of techniques used by these comedians and examples of their humour.
| ISBN: | 9781572733367 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2000 |
| Author: | Arthur Asa Berger |
| Publisher: | Hampton Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 181 pages |
| Series: | The Hampton Press Communication Series. |
| Genres: |
Popular culture |
This text deals with ten important Jewish American comedians from an historical perspective and in a systematic manner. The focus is on the impact of Judaism on these humourists and on their relations to American culture and character.
Jewish Jesters features in the following genres: Popular culture
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Jewish Jesters was written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Hampton Press
Jewish Jesters has 181 pages
Yes it is part of The Hampton Press Communication Series. series