State Laughter

State Laughter
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 435
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ISBN-10 : 9780198840411
ISBN-13 : 0198840411
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Book Synopsis State Laughter by : Evgeny Dobrenko

Download or read book State Laughter written by Evgeny Dobrenko and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalin's reign of terror was not all doom and gloom, much of it was (meant to be) funny! Tracing the development of official humour, satire, and comedy, Dobrenko and Jonsson-Skradol do away with the idea that all humour in the USSR was subversive, instead exploring why laughter was a core component to the survival of the Soviet regime.


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