Week # 11 - October 29, 2012

My culture, not yours! Ethnic humor: its nature and functions. Popularity and demise. Part 1.

Readings for Weeks  #11 & 12:
Wasilewska, Ewa:
Section 7: Toward Ethnicity… My culture or yours?

Chapter 7: Toward Ethnicity… My culture or yours?
O’Rourke, P.J. (1988): The Innocents Abroad, Updated. A reprint from Holidays in Hell. Grove Press: New York. Pp. 5-11.

Ben-Amos, Dan (1973): The ‘Myth’ of Jewish Humor. A reprint from Western Folklore 32 (2). Pp. 112-131.

Gillota, David (2010): Negotiating Jewishness: Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Schlemiel Tradition. A reprint from Journal of Popular Film and Television, 38 (4). Pp. 152-161.

Simpson, John (2012): A Student’s View of Negro Humor: The Power of Stereotypes.