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At Wit's End
The Deadly Discourse on the Jewish Joke
Taschenbuch von Louis Kaplan
Sprache: Englisch

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This book explores the fascinating discourse on Jewish wit in the twentieth century when the Jewish joke became the subject of serious humanistic inquiry and inserted itself into the cultural and political debates among Germans and Jews against the ideologically-charged backdrop of anti-Semitism, the Jewish question, and the Holocaust.
This book explores the fascinating discourse on Jewish wit in the twentieth century when the Jewish joke became the subject of serious humanistic inquiry and inserted itself into the cultural and political debates among Germans and Jews against the ideologically-charged backdrop of anti-Semitism, the Jewish question, and the Holocaust.
Über den Autor
Louis Kaplan is professor of Visual Studies and Art History and an affiliated faculty member at the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Photography and Humour; The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer; American Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century; and László Moholy- Nagy: Biographical Writings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Joke and Its Questions | 1
1 Secondary Moves: Arthur Trebitsch and the Jewish Joke | 24
2 Of Caricatures, Jokes, and Anti- Semitism: The Case of Eduard Fuchs | 60
3 Of Watchmen and Comedians: Jewish Jokes and Free Speech in Weimar Germany | 95
4 "Far from where?": Erich Kahler and the Jewish Joke of Exile | 119
5 Of Jokes and Propaganda: The Mobilization of the Jewish Joke in the Nazi Era | 153
6 Jewish Joke Reparations and Mourning in Post- Holocaust Germany | 182
Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Last Laughs | 219
Afterword: The Jewish Joke in Trump's America | 224
Acknowledgments | 231
Notes | 235
Index | 299

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780823287567
ISBN-10: 0823287564
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kaplan, Louis
Hersteller: Fordham University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Louis Kaplan
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,528 kg
Artikel-ID: 123691837
Über den Autor
Louis Kaplan is professor of Visual Studies and Art History and an affiliated faculty member at the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Photography and Humour; The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer; American Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century; and László Moholy- Nagy: Biographical Writings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Joke and Its Questions | 1
1 Secondary Moves: Arthur Trebitsch and the Jewish Joke | 24
2 Of Caricatures, Jokes, and Anti- Semitism: The Case of Eduard Fuchs | 60
3 Of Watchmen and Comedians: Jewish Jokes and Free Speech in Weimar Germany | 95
4 "Far from where?": Erich Kahler and the Jewish Joke of Exile | 119
5 Of Jokes and Propaganda: The Mobilization of the Jewish Joke in the Nazi Era | 153
6 Jewish Joke Reparations and Mourning in Post- Holocaust Germany | 182
Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Last Laughs | 219
Afterword: The Jewish Joke in Trump's America | 224
Acknowledgments | 231
Notes | 235
Index | 299

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780823287567
ISBN-10: 0823287564
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kaplan, Louis
Hersteller: Fordham University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Louis Kaplan
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,528 kg
Artikel-ID: 123691837
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