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Is it OK to Laugh About it?: Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture

Liat Steir-Livny

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Description:For many years, Israeli culture recoiled from dealing with the Holocaust from a humorous or satirical perspective. The perception was that a humorous approach might threaten the sanctity of its memory, or evoke feelings of disrespect towards the subject and hurt Holocaust survivors' feelings. But, from the 1990s, a new unofficial path of commemoration has been taking shape. Texts that combine the Holocaust with humour, satire, and parody are a major aspect of it, but this remains controversial. Often, Holocaust humour is perceived as part of a dangerous process that normalizes Nazism and Hitler. In opposition to these ideas, author Steir-Livny claims that in Israel, a unique post-traumatic society where the trauma lives as an integral part of the present, Holocaust humour in Hebrew functions as an important defence mechanism. The book argues that Holocaust humour, satire, and parody rebel against the way this trauma affects Israeli society in the present by challenging and deconstructing the fear. Is It Ok to Laugh About It? shows that paradoxically, Holocaust humour also strengthens the dominance of the trauma in the present by inserting it even more into everyday life and popular culture. Thus, Holocaust humour, satire, and parody in Israel are a double-edged sword: on the one hand, they function as an attempt to fight the acting out of the trauma in Israeli society but, on the other, they strengthen certain elements of it. There is a contradictory process of dissociation and assimilation occurring at the same time, which attests to the dominance of the trauma in the Jewish-Israelis' identity. This innovative and intriguing analysis will challenge the borders of Holocaust research and commemoration. *** "'Is It OK to Laugh About It?' offers an excellent analysis of Israeli culture and its approach to humor. Steir-Livny's writing style is scholarly, but his book will appeal to general readers who are interested in the subject matter. What he offers is a glimpse of Israeli society many Americans have never encountered." --Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter, Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, September 2017 [Subject: Holocaust, Humour, Israeli Studies, History, Trauma Studies]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Is it OK to Laugh About it?: Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture. To get started finding Is it OK to Laugh About it?: Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 208

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell

Release: 2017

ISBN: 191038335X

Description: For many years, Israeli culture recoiled from dealing with the Holocaust from a humorous or satirical perspective. The perception was that a humorous approach might threaten the sanctity of its memory, or evoke feelings of disrespect towards the subject and hurt Holocaust survivors' feelings. But, from the 1990s, a new unofficial path of commemoration has been taking shape. Texts that combine the Holocaust with humour, satire, and parody are a major aspect of it, but this remains controversial. Often, Holocaust humour is perceived as part of a dangerous process that normalizes Nazism and Hitler. In opposition to these ideas, author Steir-Livny claims that in Israel, a unique post-traumatic society where the trauma lives as an integral part of the present, Holocaust humour in Hebrew functions as an important defence mechanism. The book argues that Holocaust humour, satire, and parody rebel against the way this trauma affects Israeli society in the present by challenging and deconstructing the fear. Is It Ok to Laugh About It? shows that paradoxically, Holocaust humour also strengthens the dominance of the trauma in the present by inserting it even more into everyday life and popular culture. Thus, Holocaust humour, satire, and parody in Israel are a double-edged sword: on the one hand, they function as an attempt to fight the acting out of the trauma in Israeli society but, on the other, they strengthen certain elements of it. There is a contradictory process of dissociation and assimilation occurring at the same time, which attests to the dominance of the trauma in the Jewish-Israelis' identity. This innovative and intriguing analysis will challenge the borders of Holocaust research and commemoration. *** "'Is It OK to Laugh About It?' offers an excellent analysis of Israeli culture and its approach to humor. Steir-Livny's writing style is scholarly, but his book will appeal to general readers who are interested in the subject matter. What he offers is a glimpse of Israeli society many Americans have never encountered." --Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter, Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, September 2017 [Subject: Holocaust, Humour, Israeli Studies, History, Trauma Studies]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Is it OK to Laugh About it?: Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture. To get started finding Is it OK to Laugh About it?: Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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