At wit's end: the deadly discourse on the Jewish joke

"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-Semiti...

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Main Author: Kaplan, Louis 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Fordham University Press 2020
Edition:First edition
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:312 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780823287567
9780823287550

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