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British humour and the Second World War : 'keep smiling through' / edited by Juliette Pattinson and Linsey Robb.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions in social and cultural history (Series)
- New directions in social and cultural history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Humor.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations (black and white.
- Other Title:
- British humour and World War II
- British humour and the 2nd World War
- Keep smiling through
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
- Contents:
- 'Few things in life are less funny than war' : Reclaiming the humour in the horror / Juliette Pattinson and Linsey Robb
- Observational comedy : Mass-Observation and the wartime joke, 1939-45 / Chris Smith
- 'Good-natured as any folk in the world' : The Ministry of Information Film and British Humour during the Second World War / Linsey Robb
- Making people laugh on the wartime BBC / Siân Nicholas
- 'I couldn't get a parrot, dear, so I brought a wren!' : The British Cartoon Archive and wartime visual culture / Juliette Pattinson
- 'E's a funny doctor' : Dickie Orpen and the visual humour of the Second World War reconstructive surgery ward / Christine Slobogin
- Taking 'the jagged edges off' : British naval humour during the Second World War / Frances Houghton
- 'Divided between ITMA and a sense of terror' : Humour and remembering the war for the BBC People's War Archive / Corinna Peniston-Bird
- Exploring The Real Dad's Army in the Imperial War Museum, London / Kasia Tomasiewicz
- Listening very carefully to 'Allo 'Allo : British comedy and the path to Brexit Gavin Schaffer
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781350199484 (electronic bk.)
- 1350199486 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99994756453
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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