LEADER 05298cam a2200661 i 4500001 278273 005 20240621234629.0 008 210322t20202020miua b 001 0 eng d 010 2020931376 019 1112909623111341278911140368431192357683 020 9780814344781 |q(paperback) 020 081434478X |q(paperback) 020 9780814347386 |q(hardcover) 020 081434738X |q(hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)on1114346907 035 278273 042 lccopycat 049 LHMA 040 YDX |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 D804.3 |b.L385 2020 245 00 Laughter after : |bhumor and the Holocaust / |cedited by David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt. 264 1 Detroit : |bWayne State University Press, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 vii, 350 pages : |billustrations ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 386 Men |2lcdgt 386 |iDavid Slucki: |mNationality/regional group: |nnatAustralians |2lcdgt 386 |mNationality/regional group: |nnatAmericans |2lcdgt 386 |mOccupational/field of activity group: |noccUniversity and college faculty members |2lcdgt 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |tIntroduction: To tell jokes after Auschwitz is barbaric, isn't it? / |rDavid Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt -- |tAftermath -- |tHitler hanging on the tree: Humor and violence in Soviet Yiddish folklore of World War II / |rAnna Shternshis -- |tToo soon? Yiddish humor and the Holocaust in postwar Poland / |rMarc Caplan -- |tIs it still funny? Lin Jaldati and Yiddish satire before and after the Holocaust / |rDavid Shneer -- |tI.B. Singer's art of ghost writing in Enemies, A Love Story / |rJan Schwarz -- |t"A ring of fire": Humor and the Holocaust / |rStephen J. Whitfield. 520 "Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust argues that humor performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. Co-editors David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in representing the Holocaust. Namely, what are the boundaries? Clearly, there have been comedy and laughter in the decades since. However, the extent to which humor can be ethically deployed in representing and discussing the Holocaust is not as clear. This book comes at an important moment in the trajectory of Holocaust memory. As the generation of survivors continues to dwindle, there is great concern among scholars and community leaders about how memories and lessons of the Holocaust will be passed to future generations. Without survivors to tell their stories, to serve as constant reminders of what they experienced, how will future generations understand and relate to the Shoah? Laughter After is divided into two sections: "Aftermath" and "Breaking Taboos." The contributors to this volume examine case studies from World War II to the present day in considering and reconsidering what role humor can play in the rehabilitation of survivors, of Jews and of the world more broadly. More recently, humor has been used to investigate the role that Holocaust memory plays in contemporary societies, while challenging memorial conventions around the Holocaust and helping shape the way we think about the past. In a world in which Holocaust memory is ubiquitous, even if the Holocaust itself is inadequately understood, it is perhaps not surprising that humor that invokes the Holocaust has become part of the memorial landscape. This book seeks to uncover how and why such humor is deployed, and what the factors are that shape its production and reception. Laughter After will appeal to a number of audiences--from students and scholars of Jewish and Holocaust studies to academics and general readers with an interest in media and performance studies." --Publisher's description. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xHumor. 650 0 Jewish wit and humor |xHistory and criticism. 650 7 Jewish wit and humor. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983058 647 7 Jewish Holocaust |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 Humor. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423696 650 7 Kollektives Gedächtnis. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4200793-8 650 7 Judenvernichtung. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4073091-8 650 7 Humor. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4026170-0 650 7 Tabu. |2gnd 650 7 Judenvernichtung |2gnd |gMotiv. |0(DE-588)4122228-3 650 7 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vHumor. |2nli 650 7 Jewish wit and humor |xHistory and criticism. |2nli 655 7 Humor. |2lcgft 700 1 Slucki, David, |d1984- |eeditor. 700 1 Finder, Gabriel N., |eeditor. 700 1 Patt, Avinoam J., |eeditor. 856 41 |zHosted by ProQuest |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ushmm/detail.action?docID=6145688 |3Electronic version(s) available. 852 |bebook 852 0 |bscstacks |hD804.3 |i.L385 2020 852 0 |bscstacks |hD804.3 |i.L385 2020 852 |bebook