Devorah Baum
Associate Professor in English Literature and Critical Theory, University of Southampton
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
Even though joking is often wielded by the powerful against the weak, it’s just as often the recourse of the weak against the strong.
Joking can help us speak of the unspeakable, getting past internal and external censors.
Many female comics are undermining misogynistic discourse simply by echoing its lines, using humour to reveal the unfunny side of sexist jokes.