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Author Klumbytė, Neringa, 1974- author.

Title Authoritarian laughter : political humor and Soviet dystopia in Lithuania / Neringa Klumbytė
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations
Contents Banality of Soviet power -- Political intimacy -- The Soviet predicament -- Censorial indistinction -- Political aesthetics -- Multidirectional laughter -- Satirical Justice -- Soviet dystopia -- Post scriptum: Revolution and post-authoritarian laughter -- Conclusion: Lost laughter and authoritarian stigma
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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2022)
SUBJECT Šluota (Periodical) -- Influence
Subject Political satire, Lithuanian.
HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political satire, Lithuanian
Politics and government -- Humor
Eastern Europe.
USSR, Soviet Union.
European history.
Anthropology.
Humour.
History.
SUBJECT Lithuania -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Humor
Subject Lithuania
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022005834
ISBN 9781501766718
1501766716
9781501766701
1501766708
Other Titles Political humor and Soviet dystopia in Lithuania