Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Belarus, an example of an authoritarian state, Humor and Rumor in the...
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Author: Anastasiya Astapova
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Language: English
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Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State by Astapova, Anastasiya

Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State

€224,63

Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State

€224,63
Author: Anastasiya Astapova
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Belarus, an example of an authoritarian state, Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State presents over one hundred contemporary political jokes in the contexts of their performance. Throughout, Anastasiya Astapova demonstrates the salience of the joke genre, the multiplicity of humor manifestations, and the fundamental presence of intertextual links between jokes and another folk genre-rumor. Informed by real-life fieldwork in an authoritarian regime, Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State challenges many common theories of political humor, including the interpretation of political jokes as weapons of the weak. It illustrates how jokes and rumors remind communities of their fears, support paranoia, shape conformist behavior, and, consequently, reinforce the existing hegemony. In this rare study on everyday life in and reactions to repressive regimes, Astapova unveils political humor as it is lived.

Author: Anastasiya Astapova
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 02/10/2021
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781793624291

About the Author
Anastasiya Astapova is senior research fellow at the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore at the University of Tartu and a board member of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences.

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