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The Politics of Humour
Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in the Twentieth Century
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Martina Kessel
and Patrick Merziger
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English
Published/Copyright:
2011
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The Politics of Humour offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.
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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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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction. Landscapes of Humour: The History and Politics of the Comical in the Twentieth Century
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1. When Are Jewish Jokes No Longer Funny? Ethnic Humour in Imperial and Republican Berlin
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2. Creole Cartoons
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3. Talking War, Debating Unity: Order, Conflict, and Exclusion in ‘German Humour’ in the First World War
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4. Producing a Cheerful Public: Light Radio Entertainment during National Socialism
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5. Humour in the Volksgemeinschaft: The Disappearance of Destructive Satire in National Socialist Germany
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6. Laughing to Keep from Dying: Jewish Self-Hatred and The Larry Sanders Show
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7. Ethnic Humour and Ethnic Politics in the Netherlands: The Rules and Attraction of Clandestine Humour
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8. ‘The Tongues of Mocking Wenches’: Humour and Gender in Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction
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December 31, 2011
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9781442695122
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