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

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

Dobrenko, Evgeny
Jonsson-Skradol, Natalia

Hardcover

Austrian & Hungarian HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0198840411
ISBN13: 9780198840411
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 3 2022
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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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