Humour and laughter in history : transcultural perspectives / Elisabeth Cheauré, Regine Nohejl (editions.).

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TextSeries: Historische Lebenswelten in populären WissenskulturenPublisher: Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9783839428580
3839428580
9783837628586
3837628582

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Humour and laughter in history : transcultural perspectives.DDC classification:

909 23

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CB69 .H866 2014eb

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Contents:

Introduction / Cheauré, Elisabeth ; Nohejl, Regine -- Napoleon and the 1812 Patriotic War in Russian Humour / Cheauré, Elisabeth -- Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp as the Butt of Jokes? / Heimsoth, Axel -- Letting Loose the Doggerel of War / Milne, Lesley -- Poignant Past. How Interwar Satirical Magazines in Germany, France and Spain Used History to Criticise Their Times / Reichstetter, Louisa -- More than Resistance: Political Humour Under Stalin in the 1930s / Waterlow, Jonathan -- Then We Will Fight in the Shade / Feickert, Sabrina.

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.

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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.