War, memory, and the politics of humor : the Canard enchaine and World War I / Allen Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Allen, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canard enchaine.

World War, 1914-1918--Humor.

World War, 1914-1918.

French wit and humor--History and criticism.

French wit and humor.

Satire, French--History and criticism.

Satire, French.

World War, 1914-1918--Press coverage--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Enchaîné, 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 stereotypes the twenty-first century might find unacceptable. But Douglas calls its humor an affirmation of life, and as such the most effective antidote to war.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Satire and Censorship

2. Verbal and Visual, Humor and Politics

3. Unstuffing Skulls

4. The Tears of L'Intran

5. Soldiers versus Profiteers

6. In Vino Veritas

7. Peace or Postwar

8. Web of Memory

9. Between Cannibalism and Resurrection

10. Anti-Imperialism and Its Stereotypes

11. Politics as Usual

12. Canard Economics, or the Costs of the War

13. The Wealth of Nations

14. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612356629

9781282356627

1282356623

9780520926943

0520926943

9781597349888

1597349887

OCLC:

475928168