Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany

Herzog, Rudolph

ISBN 10: 1935554301 / ISBN 13: 9781935554301

Edité par Melville House, 2011

Mar 2011 hardcover stated 1st Melville House printing with full number line (1st English language edition) flatsigned by the author on the title page . Light tanning, surface scratches and a hint of denting on dj, else fine . N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1644354283648

Synopsis :

Is it permissible to laugh at Hitler? This is a question that is oft debated in Germany, where, in light of the dimension of the horrors committed in the name of its citizens, many people still have difficulty taking a satiric look at the Third Reich. And whenever some others do precisely that, accusations arise that they are downplaying and trivializing the Holocaust. But there is a long history of jokes about the Nazis. In this groundbreaking volume, Rudolph Herzog presents the first history of humor and jokes directed at the Nazis: from the anti-Nazi theatre scene of the 20s and 30s, to the jokes about Hitler and the Nazis told during WW II, to the cracks told about Hitler in Germany today. It?s a fascinating and frightening history: Here we learn the tales of Germans?including many soldiers?who were imprisoned and executed for telling jokes about Hitler and other Nazi officials. Herzog also document the surprising number of jokes in circulation during WWII and documents their not infrequent telling, as well as the regime's efforts to suppress them.

Revue de presse: “Dead Funny isn’t just a book of wildly off-limits humor. Rather, it’s a fascinating, heartbreaking look at power dynamics, propaganda, and the human hunger for catharsis.”
—The Atlantic, Best Books of 2012

“A concise, compelling book.”
—The Independent
 
"Fascinating... Intriguing....Herzog, the son of the film-maker Werner Herzog, shares his father’s curious and mordant wit."
—The Financial Times
 
“Dead Funny’s real value lies in the way it situates anti-Nazi folk humor in the shifting historical context of this grim bygone era, and the fact that the author is able to resuscitate such obscure jokes verbatim is a phenomenal feat ... [the] book’s strikingly original historical research sets it apart from the glut of dry tomes which are still being cranked out about Nazi history.”
—Time Out (New York)
 
"Chilling....[Herzog] shows, in unadorned language, the process of propagandising and the psychological capitulation of many Germans to the Nazis’ will."
—PopMatters

“Herzog’s thesis is that, during the Third Reich, Germans relished jokes about their leaders. Throughout Hitler's 12 years in power, there were plenty of caustic gags doing the rounds—about Dr Goebbels’ club foot, or Hitler's limp Nazi salute, which made him look like a waiter carrying a tray, or the widely held suspicion that Goering wore his medals in the bath.”
—The Guardian
 
“Herzog demolishes the idea that Germans didn’t know what the Nazis were up to: there were many, many concentration camp jokes. Germans under Hitler seemed to find it natural, and kind of funny, that ‘troublemakers’—including Jews and dissidents—should end up behind barbed wire.”
—Macleans

Praise for the German Edition

"A thrilling book."
—Der Spiegel

"The first comprehensive book on comedy and humor in the Third Reich. [...] The author brings together all manifestations of humor--wit, newspaper cartoons, cabaret, variety shows, entertainment, film, pop songs, and musicals... An important history."
—Suddeutsche Zeitung

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany
Éditeur : Melville House
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Near Fine
Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine
Signé : Signed by Author
Edition : 1st Edition.