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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Cheauré, Elisabeth (Editor), Nohejl, Regine (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript, 2014.
Series:	Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen.
Subjects:	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. Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.