Authoritarian Laughter : : Political Humor and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania / / Neringa Klumbytė.
Authoritarian Laughter explores the political history of the satire and humor magazine Broom published in Soviet Lithuania. Artists, writers, and journalists were required to create state-sponsored Soviet humor and serve the Communist Party after Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (306 p.) :; 26 b&w halftones, 1 chart |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Relevant Dates
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction: Authoritarian Laughter
- 1. Banality of Soviet Power
- 2. Political Intimacy
- 3. The Soviet Predicament
- 4. Censorial Indistinction
- 5. Political Aesthetics
- 6. Multidirectional Laughter
- 7. Satirical Justice
- 8. Soviet Dystopia
- Post Scriptum: Revolution and Postauthoritarian Laughter
- Conclusion: Lost Laughter and Authoritarian Stigma
- Notes
- References
- Index