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- catalog contributor b12269415.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-329) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the world of Jewish comedians -- 1. The golden door and the velvet curtain, 1890-1930 -- 1. The land of hope and tears : comedians and immigrant America -- 2. Curtain up and curtain down : the age of Vaudeville -- 2. The years of fear, 1930-1950 -- 3. Theater of the mind : radio's finest hour -- 4. Laughing in the dark : films -- 5. The Jewish Alps : the rise of the Borscht Belt -- 3. The years of acceptance, 1950-1965 -- 6. The magic box : the American television revolution -- 7. "Is there any group I haven't offended?" : the changing world of stand-up comedy -- 4. The years of triumph, 1965-present -- 8. "I need the eggs" : Jewish comic filmmakers -- 9. Masters of their domain : comedy all over the place -- 10. Kosher at last : Jewish women comedians -- 11. The cost of victory : the psychological and social world of American Jewish comedians -- 12. Not the last laugh : the future of Jewish comedians in America.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 356 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Haunted smile.".
- catalog identifier "1891620711".
- catalog isFormatOf "Haunted smile.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : PublicAffairs,".
- catalog relation "Haunted smile.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "792.7/028/089924 21".
- catalog subject "American wit and humor History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Jewish comedians United States History.".
- catalog subject "Jewish wit and humor History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN3035 .E67 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the world of Jewish comedians -- 1. The golden door and the velvet curtain, 1890-1930 -- 1. The land of hope and tears : comedians and immigrant America -- 2. Curtain up and curtain down : the age of Vaudeville -- 2. The years of fear, 1930-1950 -- 3. Theater of the mind : radio's finest hour -- 4. Laughing in the dark : films -- 5. The Jewish Alps : the rise of the Borscht Belt -- 3. The years of acceptance, 1950-1965 -- 6. The magic box : the American television revolution -- 7. "Is there any group I haven't offended?" : the changing world of stand-up comedy -- 4. The years of triumph, 1965-present -- 8. "I need the eggs" : Jewish comic filmmakers -- 9. Masters of their domain : comedy all over the place -- 10. Kosher at last : Jewish women comedians -- 11. The cost of victory : the psychological and social world of American Jewish comedians -- 12. Not the last laugh : the future of Jewish comedians in America.".
- catalog title "The haunted smile : the story of Jewish comedians in America / Lawrence J. Epstein.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".