TY - JOUR
T1 - A 'trace of history'
T2 - Cartoons from the Australian War Memorial Christmas books of the Second World War.
AU - Moran, Carmen
AU - Massam, Margaret (deceased)
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australian War Memorial, Journal of the. ISSNs: 0729-6274;
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - In the last two decades there has been a substantial growth in the study of humour, with several theories grounded in various disciplines. There is also a vast literature of humour in war, much of which predates this more recent interest in humour. Frequently, humour is discussed in terms of the way it characterised the individual solder. This paper contrasts two propositions: The proposition that humour contributed to the heroic mythologising of the Australian soldier and the alternative proposition that humour presented a non-heroic account of soldiers' experiences.
AB - In the last two decades there has been a substantial growth in the study of humour, with several theories grounded in various disciplines. There is also a vast literature of humour in war, much of which predates this more recent interest in humour. Frequently, humour is discussed in terms of the way it characterised the individual solder. This paper contrasts two propositions: The proposition that humour contributed to the heroic mythologising of the Australian soldier and the alternative proposition that humour presented a non-heroic account of soldiers' experiences.
KW - Coping
KW - Heroic mythologising
KW - Humour
KW - War
M3 - Article
SN - 0729-6274
VL - 39
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Australian War Memorial, Journal of the
JF - Australian War Memorial, Journal of the
IS - n/a
ER -