Comedy and the Constitution: The Legacy of Lenny Bruce
Day Two: October 28, 2016
Session 5: Engendering Comedy
Joyce Antler, professor emerita of American studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, Brandeis University. Paper title: “From Sophie Tucker to Sarah Silverman: The Subversive Potential of Jewish Women’s Humor”
Tahneer Oksman, assistant professor and director of the Academic Writing Program, Marymount Manhattan College. Paper title: “Over-Thinking Life and Death With Roz Chast”
Jennifer Caplan, visiting assistant professor of religion, Wesleyan University. Paper title: “‘He’ll Do It to Mud’: Lenny Bruce and the Changing Image of Jewish Masculinity”
Moderated by Lori Harrison-Kahan, associate professor of the practice of English, Boston College, and scholar-in-residence, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
