{"product_id":"state-laughter-evgeny-dobrenko-9780198840411","title":"State Laughter: Stalinism, Populism, and Origins of Soviet Culture","description":"Stalin's reign of terror was not all doom and gloom, much of it was (meant to be) funny! From comedy films to satirical theatre, from caricature to court speeches, and from Stalin's own writings to bawdy folk songs, humour pervaded the popular culture of the USSR. Until now, conventional wisdom has held that humour was a hallmark of the subversive, but in \u003cem\u003eState Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e Dobrenko and Jonsson-Skradol do away with that notion. Instead, tracing the development of official humour, satire, and comedy from the revolution through to the 1950s, they explore how and why laughter was a core component of the survival of the Soviet regime. Grounded in Soviet intellectual and cultural history, \u003cem\u003eState Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first comprehensive analysis of state-sponsored popular culture in Stalin's Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198840411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198840411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Evgeny Dobrenko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945887596799,"sku":"9780198840411","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_278df22f-923d-47d0-9818-aafcf78fd99b.jpg?v=1681510324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/state-laughter-evgeny-dobrenko-9780198840411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}