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Author:
Williams, Gregory (Gregory H.)
Title:
Permission to laugh : humor and politics in contemporary German art / Gregory H. Williams.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
x, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Art--Germany (West)--20th century--History.
Art--20th century--Political aspects--Germany (West)
Wit and humor in art.
German wit and humor--Germany (West)--20th century--History.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
0226898954 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226898957 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)739646649
LCCN:
2011026739
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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