{"product_id":"9781350650367","title":"Global History of Anti-Colonial Humor Laughing at Imperialism in the Age of Modern Empire","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGlobal History of Anti-Colonial Humor\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLaughing at Imperialism in the Age of Modern Empire\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDaniel Brückenhaus\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the power of subversive laughter and ridicule in the German, French, and British colonies during the period of high imperialism between 1884 and 1947. It provides the first book-length historical analysis of the origins and effects of anti-colonial humor from a comparative and global perspective. \u003ci\u003eA Global History of Anti-Colonial Humor\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the German-ruled colonies of Togo and Namibia, on French-ruled Vietnam, and on British India, while also considering the activities of anti-colonialists who left those territories to work for their cause in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Brückenhaus convincingly argues that anti-colonial humor played an important role in delegitimizing the European colonial empires by laying open the contrast between imperial ideology and the realities of colonial rule. He shows how anti-colonial laughter evoked fear and paranoia in the colonial administrators, whose state of mind was often anxious and brittle, given how small their numbers were compared to the colonized populations surrounding them. This led them to react to subversive humor in repressive and frequently brutal ways. Brückenhaus reveals that the reactions of the colonizers often backfired, as they betrayed the hollowness of their claim to be benevolent and civilized rulers, and as they allowed anti-colonialists to make this very repression an additional target of this humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDaniel Brückenhaus \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of History at Beloit College, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolicing Transnational Protest: Liberal Imperialism and the Surveillance of Anticolonialists in Europe, 1905-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350650367\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976397742220,"sku":"9781350650367","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350650367","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}