The politics of humour : laughter, inclusion, and exclusion in the twentieth century / edited by Martina Kessel and Patrick Merziger.

• Introduction. Landscapes of Humour: The History and Politics of the Comical in the Twentieth Century / Martina Kessel -- 1 When Are Jewish Jokes No Longer Funny? Ethnic Humour in Imperial and Republican Berlin / Peter Jelavich -- 2 Creole Cartoons / Mark Winokur -- 3 Talking War, Debating Unity: Order, Conflict, and Exclusion in 'German Humour' in the First World War / Martina Kessel -- 4 Producing a Cheerful Public: Light Radio Entertainment during National Socialism / Monika Pater -- 5 Humour in the Volksgemeinschaft : The Disappearance of Destructive Satire in National Socialist Germany / Patrick Merziger -- 6 Laughing to Keep from Dying: Jewish Self-Hatred and The Larry Sanders Show / Vincent Brook -- 7 Ethnic Humour and Ethnic Politics in the Netherlands: The Rules and Attraction of Clandestine Humour / Giselinde Kuipers -- 8 'The Tongues of Mocking Wenches': Humour and Gender in Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction / Eileen Gillooly.

• 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. The essays in this collection analyse the political and social context of comedy in Europe and the United States, exploring topics ranging from the shifting targets of ethnic jokes to the incorporation of humour into wartime broadcasting and the uses of satire as a means of resistance. Comedy continues to define the nature of group membership today, and The Politics of Humour offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century. 

Ämnesord

Amerikansk humor  (sao)

Politisk satir  (sao)

European wit and humor  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

American wit and humor  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

American wit and humor.  (fast)

European wit and humor.  (fast)

American wit and humor  (LCSH)

Political satire  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

PN6149.P64 (LCC)

809.7/93581 (DDC)