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Haunted Laughter
eBook - Representations of Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust in Comedic Film and Television
ISBN/EAN: 9781793640161
Umbreit-Nr.: 5668580
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 240 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 14.03.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><span>Haunted Laughter</span><span> addresses whether it is appropriate to use comedy as a literary form to depict Adolf Hitler, The Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Guided by existing theories of comedy and memory and through a comprehensive examination of comedic film and television productions, from the United States, Israel, and Europe, Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of comedy as a means of representation. These criteria include depth of purpose, relevance to the times, and originality of form and content. Friedman concludes that comedies can be effective if they provide relevant information about life and death in the past, present, or future; break new ground; and serve a purpose or multiple purposescapturing the dynamic of the Nazi system of oppression, empowering or healing victims, serving as a warning for the future, or keeping those who can never grasp the real horror of genocide from losing perspective.</span></p>
- Kurztext
- <p><span>Haunted Laughter</span><span> is a comprehensive study of film productions that have used comedy to represent Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Author Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effective use of comedy as a means of representation.</span></p>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><span>Jonathan C. Friedman</span><span> is director of Holocaust and genocide studies and professor of history at West Chester University.</span></p>