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- catalog abstract ""Folklore Fights the Nazis details how Norwegians kept their sense of humor and their spirits high by poking fun at the Germans who occupied their land during World War II. The book centers on four "joke notebooks" kept by women ranging in age from eleven to thirty, who found sufficient meaning in this humor to risk recording and preserving it, notwithstanding an October 1942 ordinance threatening the death penalty for possessing any form of anti-Nazi propaganda." "In addition to narrative jokes, quips, and anecdotes, author Kathleen Stokker explores the Norwegians' use of symbolic clothing, Christmas cards, children's literature, and mock postage stamps to express anti-Nazi sentiment." "Supplemented by the wartime diaries of three additional women from East, West, and North Norway, respectively, and informed by Stokker's interviews of numerous other occupation survivors, the book contains a wealth of historical detail and personal perspective that belies the traditional historical accounts of Norway's occupation that assume the entire population's immediate and unanimous resistance to Nazism. Instead we find in these unassuming wartime documents far more complex attitudes toward the occupiers and the Norwegian Nazis, attitudes that both in frailty and humanity appear more psychologically valid." "Intended to serve both scholars and the general public, the book, based on eight years of research, includes thorough source annotations and footnotes, as well as a bibliography and index, but is written in a popular style and includes the historical and cultural background necessary to the nonspecialist."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8703880.
- catalog coverage "Norway History German occupation, 1940-1945 Humor.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""Folklore Fights the Nazis details how Norwegians kept their sense of humor and their spirits high by poking fun at the Germans who occupied their land during World War II. The book centers on four "joke notebooks" kept by women ranging in age from eleven to thirty, who found sufficient meaning in this humor to risk recording and preserving it, notwithstanding an October 1942 ordinance threatening the death penalty for possessing any form of anti-Nazi propaganda." "In addition to narrative jokes, quips, and anecdotes, author Kathleen Stokker explores the Norwegians' use of symbolic clothing, Christmas cards, children's literature, and mock postage stamps to express anti-Nazi sentiment." "Supplemented by the wartime diaries of three additional women from East, West, and North Norway, respectively, and informed by Stokker's interviews of numerous other occupation survivors, the book contains a wealth of historical detail and personal perspective that belies the traditional historical accounts of Norway's occupation that assume the entire population's immediate and unanimous resistance to Nazism. Instead we find in these unassuming wartime documents far more complex attitudes toward the occupiers and the Norwegian Nazis, attitudes that both in frailty and humanity appear more psychologically valid." "Intended to serve both scholars and the general public, the book, based on eight years of research, includes thorough source annotations and footnotes, as well as a bibliography and index, but is written in a popular style and includes the historical and cultural background necessary to the nonspecialist."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-261) and index.".
- catalog extent "273 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Folklore fights the Nazis.".
- catalog identifier "0838635946 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Folklore fights the Nazis.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Folklore fights the Nazis.".
- catalog spatial "Norway History German occupation, 1940-1945 Humor.".
- catalog subject "949.104 20".
- catalog subject "DL532 .S8 1995".
- catalog subject "Norwegian wit and humor.".
- catalog title "Folklore fights the Nazis : humor in occupied Norway, 1940-1945 / Kathleen Stokker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Humor. fast".
- catalog type "text".