TY - BOOK AU - Korte,Barbara AU - Lechner,Doris TI - History and Humour: British and American Perspectives T2 - Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures SN - 9783837625936 U1 - 907.2 22/ger PY - 2014///] CY - Bielefeld : PB - transcript Verlag, KW - American Studies KW - British Studies KW - Caricature KW - Cultural History KW - Cultural Studies KW - Historical Culture KW - Humour KW - Media KW - Memory Culture KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access N2 - One tends to associate history with serious modes of presentation rather than with humorous ones. Yet Clio also smiles and laughs out loud: Comic renderings of historical events and figures have made a significant contribution to »popular« history since around 1800. This volume offers case studies on history and humour in Britain and the US from 1800 to the present, discussing various historical topics, actors and events from the Middle Ages to the recent past UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839425930 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839425930/original ER -