Authoritarian Laughter : : Political Humor and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Klumbytė, Neringa,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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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

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