Humour 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) an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cheauré, Elisabeth (Editor ), Nohejl, Regine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript, 2014.
Colección:Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen.
Temas:
Civilization > History.
Transcultures.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Civilisation > Histoire.
Culture > Étude et enseignement.
Social & cultural history.
HISTORY > World.
Civilization
Culture > Study and teaching
Caricature.
Cultural History.
Cultural Studies.
Film.
Humour.
Memory Culture.
Transculture.
War.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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