{"product_id":"wit-happens-jennifer-caplan-9780814352595","title":"Wit Happens: Global Jewish Humor","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA collection that proves Jewish humor knows no geographic bounds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching for some well-traveled humor? Look no further than this innovative collection, which investigates Jewish humor in television, film, comedy performance, and literature spanning Canada, the US, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This wide-ranging compilation of Jewish \"humors\"--from the fallout of a Holocaust joke told in Japan, to Mel Brooks's invocation of longstanding Jewish satirization in \u003ci\u003eBlazing Saddles\u003c\/i\u003e, to reevaluations of Jewish comedic themes from Kafka and \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e--highlights the transnationality of Jewish identity and humor while emphasizing how Jewish culture shifts in unexpected ways across time and place. The contributions illustrate the value of studying Jewish humor that decenters the US and Ashkenazi-centered analysis, broadening considerations of the possibilities within Jewish cultural production through humor as it transforms globally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Caplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814352596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814352595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jennifer Caplan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425637056767,"sku":"9780814352595","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9e819ed-d2d9-43a7-bb6a-8cb7531accbb.jpg?v=1761540586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wit-happens-jennifer-caplan-9780814352595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}