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International Studies in Humour
Volume 4, Issue 1 (2015) ISSN 2052-3475
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EDITORIAL:
Introducing the Volume of 2015, on Ethnic Humour (Jewish: Ancient through Modern), Humour in the Classics, 18th‑Century French Theatre, and 19th-Century U.S. or Italian Political Cartoons. Ephraim Nissan, London [editorial] (p. 1–3)
MEMORIAL TRIBUTES:
Charlie hebdo: une histoire. Yves Fremion, Paris [commemoration] (p. 4–6)
Charlie hebdo: jalon essentiel de l’humour français. Yves Fremion, Paris [commemoration] (p. 7–8)
Reflections on the Meaning of a Tragedy. Ephraim Nissan, London [commemoration] (p. 9–13)
REGULAR ARTICLES:
THEATRE STUDIES: Le choc entre geste et texte. L’humour dans le jeu des artistes forains au XVIIIe siècle. Paola Martinuzzi, Venice [full paper] (pp. 14–22) Keywords: Gesture; Fair; Burlesque; France (18th century); Dramatic strategies (producing merriment).
RELIGIOUS STUDIES: The Humor of Divine Discourse in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature. Hershey H. Friedman, New York Linda Weiser Friedman, New York [full paper] (pp. 23–43) Keywords: Religion; Judaism; Bible; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; Rabbinic literature; Talmud; Jewish humor; argumentation; Constructive arguing; Discourse with God; Svara; Logic.
FOLKLORE / SOCIOLOGY OF HUMOUR: On the Middle Eastern Jewish Versions of the Humorous Trickster Tale “Yom Kippur in Tammuz” (Tale Type AT 1831 *C [IFA], “Ignorance of Holidays”): Perceived Peripherality and Ignorance, Evolved from a Stereotype of an Isolated Rural Congregation, into New World or South Asia Deprecation, or into Social Grievance. Ephraim Nissan, London [full paper] (pp. 44–130) Keywords: Trickster Tales; Predigtschwank; Festivals; Emigrants; Numskull towns; Ignorance; Deculturation; Middle East; America (perception); North America; South America; South Asia; Eastern Europe; Fund raisers; Reversal (of the butt in tale variants); Cinema.
REVIEW ESSAYS and REVIEWS: see issues 2 and 3
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