03835nam 2200709 a 450 991045478810332120211004223204.097866123566291-282-35662-30-520-92694-31-59734-988-710.1525/9780520926943(CKB)111056485642020(EBL)223496(OCoLC)475928168(SSID)ssj0000269047(PQKBManifestationID)11208250(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269047(PQKBWorkID)10243221(PQKB)11357436(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056139(MiAaPQ)EBC223496(MdBmJHUP)muse30599(DE-B1597)518717(OCoLC)614597723(DE-B1597)9780520926943(Au-PeEL)EBL223496(CaPaEBR)ebr10051552(CaONFJC)MIL235662(EXLCZ)9911105648564202020010411d2002 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrWar, memory, and the politics of humor[electronic resource] the Canard enchaîné and World War I /Allen DouglasBerkeley University of California Pressc20021 online resource (347 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22876-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Preface and Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Satire and Censorship --2. Verbal and Visual, Humor and Politics --3. Unstuffing Skulls --4. The Tears of L'Intran --5. Soldiers versus Profiteers --6. In Vino Veritas --7. Peace or Postwar --8. Web of Memory --9. Between Cannibalism and Resurrection --10. Anti-Imperialism and Its Stereotypes --11. Politics as Usual --12. Canard Economics, or the Costs of the War --13. The Wealth of Nations --14. Conclusion --Notes --IndexWar, Memory, and the Politics of Humor features carnage and cannibalism, gender and cross-dressing, drunks and heroes, militarism and memory, all set against the background of World War I France. Allen Douglas shows how a new satiric weekly, the Canard Enchaîné, exploited these topics and others to become one of France's most influential voices of reaction to the Great War. The Canard, still published today, is France's leading satiric newspaper and the most successful periodical of the twentieth century, and Douglas colorfully illuminates the mechanisms of its unique style. Following the Canard from its birth in 1915 to the eve of the Great Depression, the narrative reveals a heady mix of word play, word games, and cartoons. Over the years the journal--generally leftist, specifically antimilitarist and anti-imperialist--aimed its shots in all directions, using some stereotypes the twenty-first century might find unacceptable. But Douglas calls its humor an affirmation of life, and as such the most effective antidote to war.World War, 1914-1918HumorFrench wit and humorHistory and criticismSatire, FrenchHistory and criticismWorld War, 1914-1918Press coverageFranceElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918French wit and humorHistory and criticism.Satire, FrenchHistory and criticism.World War, 1914-1918Press coverage940.3/02/07Douglas Allen1949-1028743MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454788103321War, memory, and the politics of humor2444833UNINA