Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026), Reviews
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026)

Book review: Chao, Shun-Liang and Vivienne Westbrook (Eds.) (2026). Humour in Times of Confrontation, 1901 to the Present. Routledge.

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Submitted 23 January 2026
Published 22-04-2026
Michael Ewans
University of Newcastle, Australia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1707-1337
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Ewans, Michael. 2026. “Book Review: Chao, Shun-Liang and Vivienne Westbrook (Eds.) (2026). Humour in Times of Confrontation, 1901 to the Present. Routledge”. The European Journal of Humour Research 14 (1): 225-28. https://ww.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/1222.
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