ISBN:
9780823287567
,
9780823287550
Language:
English
Pages:
312 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2020
DDC:
809.7/98924
Keywords:
Jewish wit and humor History and criticism
;
Jews Humor
;
Juden
;
Witz
;
Humor
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index