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Devastation and Laughter
Satire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State (1920s–1930s)
- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
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eBook - PDF
Devastation and Laughter
Satire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State (1920s–1930s)
About this book
In Devastation and Laughter, Annie Gérin explores the use of satire in the visual arts, the circus, theatre, and cinema under Lenin and Stalin.
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Table of contents
- Invocation by Laughter
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Dates
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Devastation and Laughter
- Chapter One. Anatoly Lunacharsky and the Power of Laughter
- Chapter Two. Soviet Satirical Print Culture: A Serious Affair
- Chapter Three. Laughter in the Ring, in the Street, and on Stage: The Emergence of a Satirical Scene
- Chapter Four. Laughter on the Silver Screen: From Satire to Optimistic Comedy
- Chapter Five. The Strategies and Targets of Satire
- Chapter Six. The Rhetorics of Satire and Socialist Realism
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index