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Permission to laugh : humor and politics in contemporary German art

Title
Permission to laugh : humor and politics in contemporary German art / Gregory H. Williams.
Author
Williams, Gregory (Gregory H.)
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2012.

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Description
x, 233 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.
Contents
The "Cultural Turn" in 1970s West Germany -- Laughter in spite of history -- The public arrival of Witz -- Rapid-fire jokes: Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, and Albert Oehlen -- Protracted wit: Isa Genzken, Georg Herold, and Rosemarie Trockel -- In-jokes and out-jokes: constructing audiences -- Humor in Germany after the Wall.
Call Number
JQF 12-1573
ISBN
  • 9780226898957 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226898954 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011026739
OCLC
739646649
Author
Williams, Gregory (Gregory H.)
Title
Permission to laugh : humor and politics in contemporary German art / Gregory H. Williams.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.
Research Call Number
JQF 12-1573
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