Overview

The period between the First World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is often characterized as the age of extremes-while this era witnessed unprecedented violence and loss of human life, it also saw a surge in humorous entertainment in both democratic and authoritarian societies. The Politics of Humour examines how works such as satirical magazines and comedy films were used both to reaffirm group identity and to exclude those who did not belong. offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.

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Author:   Martina Kessel ,  Patrick Merziger
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781442642928

ISBN 10:   1442642920
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction: Landscapes of Humour. The History and Politics of the Comical in the Twentieth Century by Martina Kesse (University of Bielefeld, Germany) When Are Jewish Jokes No Longer Funny? Ethnic Humour in Imperial and Republican Berlin by Peter Jelavich (Johns Hopkins University) Creole Cartoons by Mark Winokur (University of Colorado) Talking War, Debating Unity. Order, Conflict, and Exclusion in 'German Humour' in World War One by Martina Kessel Producing a Cheerful Public. Light Radio Entertainment During National Socialism by Monika Pater (Hamburg University) Humour in the Volksgemeinschaft. The Disappearance of Destructive Satire in National Socialist Germany by Patrick Merziger (University of Colorado) Laughing to Keep from Dying: Jewish Self-Hatred and The Larry Sanders Show by Vincent Brook (UCLA, USC, Cal-State LA, and Pierce College) Ethnic Humour and Ethnic Politics in the Netherlands at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: The Rules and Attraction of Clandestine Humour by Giselinde Kuipers (University of Amsterdam) The Tongues of Mocking Wenches: Humour and Gender in Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction by Eileen Gillooly (Columbia University) List of Contributors

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Martina Kessel is a professor in the Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Theology at the University of Bielefeld. Patrick Merziger is a research associate in the Department of Modern and Contemporary History at the Free University of Berlin.

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