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Laughter After

Humor and the Holocaust

Laughter After( )
Editor: Slucki, David
Finder, Gabriel N.
Patt, Avinoam
Author: Slucki, David
Finder, Gabriel N.
Patt, Avinoam
Shternshis, Anna
Shneer, David
Schwarz, Jan
Caplan, Marc
Whitfield, Steve
Caplan, Jennifer
Tanny, Jarrod
Stavans, Ilan
Livny, Liat Steir
Silverstein, Jordana
Pearlstein, Ferne
Edwards, Robert
ISBN:978-0-8143-4478-1
Publication Date:Apr 2020
Publisher:Wayne State University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $34.99USD $34.99
Book Description:

Argues that humour performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. David Slucki, Gabriel 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?

Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: History / World
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.944 x 8.915 x 0.743 Inches
Author Biography
Slucki, David (Editor)
Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961, in Mexico City) is a Mexican-American, essayist. He is the author of "The Hispanic Condition", "The Riddle of Cantinflas", and "The One-Handed Pianist & Other Stories" as well as the editor of "The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories" and a dictionary of Spanglish, among other volumes. He has been a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Latino Literature Prize, among other honors. He teaches at Amherst College.

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