Screen LibraryHumour and laughter in history : transcultural perspectives /
Humour can be used as a weapon or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war and crisis. The book presents examples from different cultures (Russia, Europe, USA), from different historical epochs (from the Napoleonic era up to the current time) and from diffe...
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transcript Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Bielefeld : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in popular cultures ;
volume 15 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839428580 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783839428580.jpg |
| Summary: |
Humour can be used as a weapon or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war and crisis. The book presents examples from different cultures (Russia, Europe, USA), from different historical epochs (from the Napoleonic era up to the current time) and from different medias (caricature, journalism, film). By looking at the individual cases it becomes possible to recognize some general structural patterns and to gain a deeper insight into the functioning of humour and laughter. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (138 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783839428580 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | CB69 |
| CLC: | K103 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Introduction / Napoleon and the 1812 Patriotic War in Russian Humour / Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp as the Butt of Jokes? / Letting Loose the Doggerel of War / Poignant Past. How Interwar Satirical Magazines in Germany, France and Spain Used History to Criticise Their Times / More than Resistance: Political Humour Under Stalin in the 1930s / Then We Will Fight in the Shade / Authors and Editors. |