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) and from dif...
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Bielefeld, Germany
transcript Verlag
2014
Bielefeld, Germany : [2014] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434681906719 |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Editorial 2 Contents 5 Introduction 7 Napoleon and the 1812 Patriotic War in Russian Humour 15 Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp as the Butt of Jokes? 33 Letting Loose the Doggerel of War 59 Poignant Past. How Interwar Satirical Magazines in Germany, France and Spain Used History to Criticise Their Times 79 More than Resistance: Political Humour Under Stalin in the 1930s 103 »Then We Will Fight in the Shade« 119 Authors and Editors 137
