| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Joke and Its Questions -- 1 Secondary Moves: Arthur Trebitsch and the Jewish Joke -- 2 Of Caricatures, Jokes, and Anti-Semitism: The Case of Eduard Fuchs -- 3 Of Watchmen and Comedians: Jewish Jokes and Free Speech in Weimar Germany -- 4 "Far from where?": Erich Kahler and the Jewish Joke of Exile -- 5 Of Jokes and Propaganda: The Mobilization of the Jewish Joke in the Nazi Era -- 6 Jewish Joke Reparations and Mourning in Post-Holocaust Germany -- Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Last Laughs |
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Afterword: The Jewish Joke in Trump's America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Humor.
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Jewish wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies |
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Jews |
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Jewish wit and humor |
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Jews -- Humor |
| Indexed Term |
Anti-Semitism. |
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Ethnic and racial humor. |
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Holocaust. |
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Jewish jokes. |
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Jewish self-irony. |
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Jewish wit. |
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National Socialism (Nazis). |
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Weimar culture. |
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modern German-Jewish intellectual history. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780823287581 |
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0823287580 |
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0823287556 (hardback) |
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9780823287550 |
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0823287564 (trade paperback) |
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9780823287567 |
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0823287572 |
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9780823287574 (electronic bk.) |
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