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Demsky, Jeffrey. "We Are a Long Ways past Maus: Responsible and Irresponsible Holocaust Representations in Graphic Comics and Sitcom Cartoons." The Palgrave Handbook of Holocaust Literature and Culture. Eds. Victoria Aarons and Phyllis Lassner. New York [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 529–51. Added by: joachim (12/27/24, 12:12 PM) Last edited by: joachim (12/27/24, 12:13 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33428-4_29 BibTeX citation key: Demsky2020 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Animation, Holocaust, Humor, Representation, TV, USA Creators: Aarons, Demsky, Lassner Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (New York [etc.]) Collection: The Palgrave Handbook of Holocaust Literature and Culture |
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In 1986, cartoonist Art Spiegelman published Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, the first book in his two-volume graphic comic novel about the Holocaust. He established, perhaps unwittingly, a new genre of Holocaust representation, i.e., comic animation that thrives in current times. While his intervention was “responsible” in the sense that it spurred, rather than spurned reverent remembrance, contemporary Holocaust-themed animation on sitcoms like Family Guy and South Park sometimes poke “irresponsible” fun. American cultural producers have a long tradition of ridiculing Adolf Hitler and Nazism. Joking about the Holocaust and its survivors, however, is something new. This chapter does not consider the question of whether or not this sort of humor is amusing, or appropriate. Rather, this study examines the messaging, delivery, and visible impact of such pop cultural icons on the ways people remember and forget the Holocaust.
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