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Devastation and Laughter
Satire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State (1920s–1930s)
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Devastation and Laughter
Satire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State (1920s–1930s)
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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