War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor: The Canard Enchaîné and World War I by Allen Douglas - 2002-05-31

California University Press, 2002-05-31. Hardcover. Like New. 3.0457 cent in x 23.0964 cent in x 14.9746 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

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-University of California Press, 2002-. First edition. xiv+331 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. 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 Enchaine, 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… Read More

University of California Press, 2002. hbk 331pp dj slightly shelfworn with sun-fading to spine strip now in protective sleeve book otherwise the appears unused text excellent as new

University of California Press, 2002-05-31. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Univ of California Pr, 2002. Hardcover. New. 345 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.