Book review. Steir-Livny, Liat (2017). Is It OK to Laugh about It? Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture. London, Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. 207 pp.
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Ivanova, A. (2018). Book review. Steir-Livny, Liat (2017). Is It OK to Laugh about It? Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture. London, Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. 207 pp. The European Journal of Humour Research, 6(4), 145–150. Retrieved from https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/269

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Book review

Steir-Livny, Liat (2017). Is It OK to Laugh about It? Holocaust Humour, Satire and Parody in Israeli Culture. London, Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. 207 pp.

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