War, memory, and the politics of humor [[electronic resource] ] : the Canard enchaîné and World War I / / Allen Douglas

• Autore: Douglas Allen <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.3/02/07
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918; French wit and humor - History and criticism; Satire, French - History and criticism; World War, 1914-1918 - Press coverage - France
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: War, 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: War, memory, and the politics of humor
• ISBN: 9786612356629; 1-282-35662-3; 0-520-92694-3; 1-59734-988-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454788103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II