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AU1 - Hdl, Klaus
AB - Poetry andTheatre Leo Baeck InstituteYear Book Vol.60,123^140 doi:10.1093/leobaeck/ybv004 Advance Access publication 9 June 2015 Der kleine Kohn on theJewish Stage: A Performative Strategy to Fight Antisemitism in Vienna around1900 BY KLAUS HODL University of Graz In December 1902, the Austrian theatre censorship board accepted Caprice’s play Der kleine Kohn. The title refers to a widespread caricature of Jews around the turn of the twentieth century: ‘der kleine Kohn’ was depicted as being short in stature and as having a hooked nose, big ears, thick lips, and crooked legs. He was also seen as deceitful. He was conceived of as a rather ludicrous ¢gure, provoking laughter at his supposed simple-mindedness. Thus, he di¡ered from many other Judeophobic images of this period, which portrayed Jews as a threat, conspiring with co-religionists against non-Jews. Nor was he comparable to the malignant Shylock, the Eternal Jew, or the exotic Ostjude; instead, der kleine Kohn represented a farcical character. Der kleine Kohn gained circulation as a motif in various postcard series as well as popular songs and rhymes. Aside from his physical features, two traits characterized him in particular. The ¢rst attribute was his elusiveness. According to popular imagination, der kleine Kohn was hard 
TI - Der kleine Kohn on the Jewish Stage: A Performative Strategy to Fight Antisemitism in Vienna around 1900
JF - Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
DO - 10.1093/leobaeck/ybv004
DA - 2015-06-08
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/der-kleine-kohn-on-the-jewish-stage-a-performative-strategy-to-fight-rHGSW036CA
SP - 123
EP - 140
VL - 60
IS - 1
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