Slucki, David
Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust
- ISBN 13:
- 9780814344781
- author:
- Slucki, David
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Wayne State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Humor,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Laughter After Humor and the Holocaust explores the complex role of humour in representing the Holocaust. This collection of essays examines how humour performs cultural, social, and political functions in the aftermath of horror. The book is published at a significant moment in the trajectory of Holocaust memory, as the generation of survivors continues to dwindle. The contributors consider the boundaries of deploying humour in discussing the Holocaust, and how it can be used to rehabilitate survivors, Jews, and the world more broadly. Divided into two sections, "Aftermath" and "Breaking Taboos", the book presents case studies from World War II to the present day, investigating the role of humour in shaping our understanding of the past.
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