Humour and laughter in history : transcultural perspectives / / edited by Elisabeth Cheauré and Regine Nohejl

• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
• Disciplina: 909
• Soggetto topico: Civilization - History; Culture - Study and teaching
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Caricature; Cultural History; Cultural Studies; Film; Humour; Memory Culture; Transculture; War
• Persona (resp. second.): NohejlRegine; CheauréElisabeth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 different medias (caricature, journalism, film). By looking at the individual cases it becomes possible to recognize some general structural patterns and to gain a deeper insight into the »functioning« of humour and laughter.; »[The study] demonstrates usefully how historical investigations focused on humor emphasize questions not merely about the nature of humor or how it can be identified, but also concerning its functions and applications.« Daniel Derrin, Humor, 31/4 (2018) Besprochen in: Werkstatt Geschichte, 71 (2015), Eckart Schörle
• Titolo autorizzato: Humour and Laughter in History
• ISBN: 3-8394-2858-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910315233403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen.