Authoritarian Laughter : Political Humor and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania /

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"This book explores the authoritarian state project to create an official humor culture in Soviet Lithuania in 1956-1984. It focuses on the satire and humor magazine Broom (Sluota), which created multidirectional laughter and was a forum for a critical public united in anti-Soviet revolutionary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klumbytė, Neringa, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Šluota (Periodical) > Influence.
Politics and government > Humor.
Political satire, Lithuanian.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Lithuania.
Lituanie > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle > Humour.
Lithuania > Politics and government > 20th century > Humor.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book explores the authoritarian state project to create an official humor culture in Soviet Lithuania in 1956-1984. It focuses on the satire and humor magazine Broom (Sluota), which created multidirectional laughter and was a forum for a critical public united in anti-Soviet revolutionary laughter in the late 1980s"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501766701

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