State Laughter : Stalinism, Populism, and Origins of Soviet Culture

Name: State Laughter
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198840411
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ISBN: 9780198840411

by Evgeny Dobrenko , Natalia Jonsson-Skradol

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0198840411

ISBN-13 9780198840411

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 3rd, 2022

Print length 436 Pages

Weight 812 grams

Dimensions 24.00 x 16.50 x 3.30 cms

Product Classification: 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 European history 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Social & cultural history Popular culture Popular culture Far-left political ideologies and movements Marxism & Communism History European history Social and cultural history

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Stalin's reign of terror was not all doom and gloom, much of it was (meant to be) funny! Tracing the development of official humour, satire, and comedy, Dobrenko and Jonsson-Skradol do away with the idea that all humour in the USSR was subversive, instead exploring why laughter was a core component to the survival of the Soviet regime.

Stalin''s reign of terror was not all doom and gloom, much of it was (meant to be) funny! From comedy films to satirical theatre, from caricature to court speeches, and from Stalin''s own writings to bawdy folk songs, humour pervaded the popular culture of the USSR. Until now, conventional wisdom has held that humour was a hallmark of the subversive, but in State Laughter Dobrenko and Jonsson-Skradol do away with that notion. Instead, tracing the development of official humour, satire, and comedy from the revolution through to the 1950s, they explore how and why laughter was a core component of the survival of the Soviet regime. Grounded in Soviet intellectual and cultural history, State Laughter offers the first comprehensive analysis of state-sponsored popular culture in Stalin''s Soviet Union.

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