Devorah Baum

I'm an Associate Professor in English Literature and Critical Theory at the University of Southampton.

I research literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis and religion, and I've laid a particular emphasis in recent years on feelings and their role in our lives, and on jokes. And I'm currently writing a book on marriage.

EXPs by Devorah Baum

Publications

Phillips, A., & Baum, D. (2019, February 14). Politics in the consulting room: Adam Phillips in conversation with Devorah Baum. Granta Magazine, 146, 55–82.
Baum, D. (2018, August 9). What do women want? Reading Grace Paley after #TimesUp. Granta Magazine, 144, 243–253.
Baum, D. (2017). The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples). Profile Books.
Baum, D. (2017). Feeling Jewish: (A Book for Just About Anyone). Yale University Press.
Appignanesi, J., & Baum, D. (Directors). (2016). The New Man [Film]. The Creative Life Film Company.
Baum, D. (2012). Respecting the ineradicable: religion's realism. Textual Practice, 26(3), 519–540.

Website

University of Southampton

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The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples

Feeling Jewish: (A Book for Just About Anyone)