Author : Evgeny Dobrenko
Release : 2022
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 411/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis State Laughter by : Evgeny Dobrenko
Download or read book State Laughter written by Evgeny Dobrenko. This book was released on 2022. 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.