Get the Joke or Get the Jew

Satire and the Performance of Antisemitism from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century

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ID3595774
AuthorsSara Offenberg (0000-0002-7783-7699, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue12
Pages1561
Publication date2024-12-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15121561
OpenAlexW4405699273
LanguageEN
References cited24

The persistence of anti-Jewish and antisemitic stereotypes throughout history, from medieval times to the present, reveals the enduring power of visual and cultural narratives in shaping public perceptions of Jews. This paper examines how Yvan Attal's film Ils sont partout effectively satirizes these stereotypes, exposing their absurdity and the dangers of such ingrained prejudices. By connecting modern satire to historical instances of antisemitism, this study emphasizes the necessity of challenging and critically analyzing these harmful depictions. While the forms of anti-Jewish and antisemitism evolve over time, the underlying biases remain disturbingly consistent across cultures and eras

Absurdity · Aesthetics · Antisemitism · Art · Joke · Judaism · Literature · Narrative · Theology · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Philosophy · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity · Religious studies

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