Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol

Gebundenes Buch

State Laughter

Stalinism, Populism, and Origins of Soviet Culture

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Evgeny Dobrenko is Professor of Russian Studies at Ca' Foscari University. He has previously held posts across the, then, Soviet Union, the USA, and the UK, including, among others, the Moscow and Odessa State Universities, Stanford, Amherst, and the University of California. Over his career he has authored, edited and co-edited some 20 books and more than 250 articles and essays on Soviet and post-Soviet literature and culture, Stalinism, Socialist Realism, Soviet national literatures, Russian and Soviet film, critical theory, and Soviet cultural history. Natalia Jonsson-Skradol has published over 20 articles on functions and uses of language in oppressive regimes. Her work has appeared in Slavic Review, Utopian Studies, Slavonic and East European Review, German Quarterly and in other academic publications. She has lived and worked in Israel, Germany, Austria, and the UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780198840411
• ISBN-10: 0198840411
• Artikelnr.: 63735079