The Politics of Humour: Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in the Twentieth Century

Martina Kessel; Patrick Merziger

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

The Politics of Humour

Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in the Twentieth Century

Martina Kessel and Patrick Merziger

In the series German and European Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442695122

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About this book

The Politics of Humour offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.

Author / Editor information

Kessel Martina :

Martina Kessel is a professor in the Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Theology at the University of Bielefeld.Merziger Patrick :

Patrick Merziger is a research associate in the Department of Modern and Contemporary History at the Free University of Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction. Landscapes of Humour: The History and Politics of the Comical in the Twentieth Century Martina Kessel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. When Are Jewish Jokes No Longer Funny? Ethnic Humour in Imperial and Republican Berlin Peter Jelavich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Creole Cartoons Mark Winokur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3. Talking War, Debating Unity: Order, Conflict, and Exclusion in ‘German Humour’ in the First World War Martina Kessel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
4. Producing a Cheerful Public: Light Radio Entertainment during National Socialism Monika Pater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
5. Humour in the Volksgemeinschaft: The Disappearance of Destructive Satire in National Socialist Germany Patrick Merziger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
6. Laughing to Keep from Dying: Jewish Self-Hatred and The Larry Sanders Show Vincent Brook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
7. Ethnic Humour and Ethnic Politics in the Netherlands: The Rules and Attraction of Clandestine Humour Giselinde Kuipers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
8. ‘The Tongues of Mocking Wenches’: Humour and Gender in Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction Eileen Gillooly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
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eBook

Published: December 31, 2011
ISBN: 9781442695122