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- catalog abstract ""In Taking Penguins to the Movies, Emil Draitser offers an insider's view of Russian society by presenting and analyzing Russian ethnic jokes that center on Jews, Georgians, Ukrainians, Chukchis, and other groups. Drawn from Russian joke books and the author's private collection, most of the 300 jokes and popular rhymes, ethnicity-related proverbs and sayings appear in English for the first time." "Draitser uses humor as a means of understanding the attitudes and customs, beliefs and idiosyncrasies, and inter- and intra-group relationships of this multinational society. In analyzing the jokes, he seeks to determine what makes them funny, why certain groups are targeted, and even why a mediocre joke can be received with great enthusiasm. He traces the evolution of ethnic stereotyping, examines the circumstances under which such jokes arise, shows how they are used to project anxieties on out-groups, and suggests what they reveal about those who tell them."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10946919.
- catalog coverage "Russia (Federation) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In Taking Penguins to the Movies, Emil Draitser offers an insider's view of Russian society by presenting and analyzing Russian ethnic jokes that center on Jews, Georgians, Ukrainians, Chukchis, and other groups. Drawn from Russian joke books and the author's private collection, most of the 300 jokes and popular rhymes, ethnicity-related proverbs and sayings appear in English for the first time." "Draitser uses humor as a means of understanding the attitudes and customs, beliefs and idiosyncrasies, and inter- and intra-group relationships of this multinational society. In analyzing the jokes, he seeks to determine what makes them funny, why certain groups are targeted, and even why a mediocre joke can be received with great enthusiasm. He traces the evolution of ethnic stereotyping, examines the circumstances under which such jokes arise, shows how they are used to project anxieties on out-groups, and suggests what they reveal about those who tell them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.".
- catalog extent "199 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814323278 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Humor in life and letters series".
- catalog isPartOf "Humor in life and letters.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Detroit : Wayne State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation)".
- catalog subject "305.8/00947 21".
- catalog subject "DK510.33 .D73 1998".
- catalog subject "Joking Russia (Federation)".
- catalog subject "Russian wit and humor.".
- catalog title "Taking penguins to the movies : ethnic humor in Russia / Emil A. Draitser.".
- catalog type "text".