{"product_id":"the-politics-of-humour-9781442642928","title":"The Politics of Humour","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Humour\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Humour\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of  Illustrations    Introduction: Landscapes of Humour.  The History and Politics of the Comical in the Twentieth Century by Martina Kesse (University of Bielefeld, Germany)       * When Are Jewish Jokes No Longer  Funny? Ethnic Humour in Imperial and Republican Berlin by Peter Jelavich (Johns Hopkins University)    * Creole Cartoons by Mark Winokur (University of Colorado)    * Talking War, Debating Unity. Order,  Conflict, and Exclusion in 'German Humour' in World War One by Martina Kessel    * Producing a Cheerful Public. Light  Radio Entertainment During National Socialism by Monika Pater (Hamburg University)    * Humour in the Volksgemeinschaft.  The  Disappearance of Destructive Satire in National Socialist Germany by Patrick Merziger (University of Colorado)    * Laughing to Keep from Dying: Jewish  Self-Hatred and The Larry Sanders Show by Vincent Brook (UCLA, USC, Cal-State LA, and Pierce College)    * Ethnic Humour and Ethnic Politics in  the Netherlands at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century: The Rules and  Attraction of Clandestine Humour by Giselinde Kuipers (University of Amsterdam)    * The Tongues of Mocking Wenches:  Humour and Gender in Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction by Eileen Gillooly (Columbia University)     List of  Contributors","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734023168343,"sku":"9781442642928","price":39.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442642928.jpg?v=1782126902","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-humour-9781442642928","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}