FYS 068 - Jewish Humor

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Description:

This course examines Jewish humor within the context of theories of humor and the comedic and as a window to Jewish culture. It explores examples of Jewish humor past and present in literature, film, television, skits, stand-up comics, cartoons, and jokes. It considers questions such as: What makes us laugh What is distinctively Jewish about Jewish humor How does American Jewish humor differ from older European Jewish humor and contemporary Israeli humor Do you need to be Jewish to "get" it How is Jewish humor like and unlike other ethnic, religious, or minority humor How do stereotypes and self-deprecation figure in the humorous How did humor function as a coping and survival mechanism in the Holocaust Cohn

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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