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Israeli Humor: The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah

Israeli Humor: The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah

Oring, Elliott

Hardcover

Series: Suny Modern Jewish Literature and Culture

Mythology & FolkloreGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 0873955129
ISBN13: 9780873955126
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jun 30 1981
Pages: 295
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.77
Language: English

Derived from the Arabic word for lie, the word chizbat was chosen by members of the Palmah to designate the particular form of narrative joke exchanged by these volunteer defenders of Jewish settlements in Israel during the uncertain years 1941-48. Elliott Oring concentrates his attention on how the chizbat represents the expression of a distinctly Israeli identity and the disparate elements of this identity: sabra/European, Arab/Israeli, East/West. He shows how chizbat humor depends, not so much on novelty or punch line, as on displaying these incongruities of Israeli identity. Oring also discusses the sociocultural context in which the chizbat developed and examines how various theories of humor apply to understanding the chizbat. In an appendix invaluable for the folklorist, Oring has translated hundreds of chizbat into English. some are from written sources and others are verbal accounts he obtained during his months of research in Israel.

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