State Laughter : stalinism, populism, and origins of soviet culture / Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol.

• 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.

Ämnesord

Stalinism  (sao)

Kulturhistoria  (sao)

Humor  (sao)

Rysk humor  (sao)

Populism  (sao)

Socialism och kultur  (sao)

Propaganda  -- historia (sao)

Comedy  -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union. (LCSH)

Wit and humor  -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union. (LCSH)

Communism and culture  -- Soviet Union. (LCSH)

Politics and culture  -- Soviet Union. (LCSH)

Communism and culture.  (fast)

Manners and customs.  (fast)

Politics and culture.  (fast)

Social conditions.  (fast)

Comedy  -- Social aspects. (fast)

Wit and humor  -- Social aspects. (fast)

Socialism and culture  (LCSH)

Wit and humor  (LCSH)

Wit and humor, Russian  (LCSH)

Sovjetunionen  (sao)

Soviet Union  -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Soviet Union  -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)

Soviet Union.  (fast)

Klassifikation

306.481 (DDC)

Ohk:oa (kssb/8 (machine generated))