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The case of the sexy Jewess : dance, gender, and Jewish joke-work in US pop culture /

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Entangling questions of sexiness to race, gender and class, The Case of the Sexy Jewess frames an embodied joke-work genre that is most often, but not always meant to be funny. In a contemporary period after the thrusts of assimilation and women's liberation movements, performances usher in new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwadron, Hannah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Black swan (Motion picture : 2010)
Angel, Joanna > Appreciation.
Jewish women > United States > Social life and customs.
Jewish women in popular culture > United States.
Jews in popular culture > United States.
Jewish women comedians > United States > History.
Jewish women > Humor.
Stand-up comedy > Social aspects > United States.
United States > Ethnic relations.
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