Authoritarian laughter : political humor and Soviet dystopia in Lithuania / Neringa Klumbytė.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klumbytė, Neringa, 1974- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Šluota (Periodical)--Influence.

Šluota (Periodical).

Political satire, Lithuanian.

Lithuania--Politics and government--20th century--Humor.

Lithuania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

'Authoritarian Laughter' explores the political history of the satire and humor magazine Broom published in Soviet Lithuania. Artists, writers, and journalists were required to create state-sponsored Soviet humour and serve the Communist Party after Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940. Neringa Klumbyte investigates official attempts to shape citizens into Soviet subjects and engage them through a culture of popular humour.

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Klumbytė, Neringa Authoritarian Laughter

ISBN:

9781501766695

1501766694

9781501766701

1501766708

OCLC:

1353268978