Humour in Polish-Jewish Borderland as Seen in Julian Tuwim’s Jewish Jokes Cover Image
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Humor pogranicza polsko-żydowskiego na przykładzie szmoncesów Juliana Tuwima
Humour in Polish-Jewish Borderland as Seen in Julian Tuwim’s Jewish Jokes

Author(s): Agnieszka Żółkiewska
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny
Keywords: Jewish humour; Jewish jokes; Polish-Jewish borderland humour; cabaret; assimilation; acculturation

Summary/Abstract: The author analyses Tuwim’s szmonces works and the picture of the Jews he painted in them from the angle of these characteristics of the humour of the Polish-Jew-meets-Polish-Jew variety. Her analysis reveals many unknown and unexpected references to traditional Jewish humour in Tuwim’s cabaret contributions.

  • Issue Year: 264/2017
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 315-339
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish
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