Strategies of humor in post-unification German literature, film, and other media [electronic resource] /
by Twark, Jill E; Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.); ProQuest (Firm).
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BookPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011Description: vi, 375 p. : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): German wit and humor -- History and criticism -- Congresses | German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. Complicating East-West binaries with "Ausl�ander" humor -- pt. 2. Performing memory work with cabaret and grotesque bodies -- pt. 3. Screening the GDR and postwall Germany in film comedies -- pt. 4. Christian Kracht's ironic critiques of the jaded westerner -- pt. 5. The evolution of Hitler humor in divided and united Germany.
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"This anthology ... (from) the panel on humor in post-unification German literature and film for the 2009 North East Modern Language Association conference in Boston"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Complicating East-West binaries with "Ausl�ander" humor -- pt. 2. Performing memory work with cabaret and grotesque bodies -- pt. 3. Screening the GDR and postwall Germany in film comedies -- pt. 4. Christian Kracht's ironic critiques of the jaded westerner -- pt. 5. The evolution of Hitler humor in divided and united Germany.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
In English and German.
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