The work of Lecturer in English Literature and Critical Theory,听Devorah Baum was profiled in last week鈥檚听
Devorah听recently published听听with Yale University Press.
The book delves into fiction, film and memoir to explore feelings听with which modern Jews have often been stereotyped.听It听analyses why such feelings are increasingly common to us all as the pace of globalisation leaves many feeling marginalised, uprooted, and threatened. As Devorah explains, “our feelings have a kind of history“.
The article also celebrates her new book听, which explores how and why Jewish jokes have survived a long and treacherous history and have been able to move across boundaries without having to rewrite their punchlines.
A third project, her film documentary听, was funded by The Wellcome Trust and explores pregnancy from a male point of view.
