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- Title
Mow ‘em all down grandma: The “weapon” of humor in two Danish World War II occupation scrapbooks.
- Authors
Hong, Nathaniel
- Abstract
The article examines the assumption that humour is wielded as a potent political weapon during political conflict. The rebellious character and ubiquity of the body of humor in a conflict is often marshalled as evidence of its power and efficacy. The question of whether oppositional humour operates as a weapon or not is examined through the use of anti-occupation humor in two extensive sets of Danish scrapbooks created during German occupation, 1940–1945. The differences discovered suggest that humor can be used both as a secondary reinforcement in the process of developing critical political consciousness necessary for challenge and resistance, and that it can also be a surrogate for conflict that ultimately contributes to escapism and acquiescence.
- Subjects
GERMANY; POLITICAL satire; POWER (Social sciences); POLITICAL ethics; PRACTICAL politics; ACQUIESCENCE (Law)
- Publication
Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0933-1719
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/HUMR.2010.002