| Portion of title |
Stalinism, populism, and origins of soviet culture |
| Contents |
The Stalinist world of laughter : the fate of the comic in a tragic age -- A killer wit : laughter in Stalinist official discourse -- The funny war : laughing at the front in World War Two -- "One might think it is a ward in a madhouse" : late Stalinism, the early Cold War, and caricature -- The Gogols and the Shchedrins : lessons in "positive satire" -- The Soviet bestiary : genealogy of the Stalinist fable -- The merry adventures of Stalin's peasants : Kolkhoz Commedia dell'arte -- "A total racket" : vaudeville for the new people -- Metalaughter : populism and the Stalinist musical comedy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021944925 |
| ISBN | 9780198840411 |
