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Anastasiya Astapova 
Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State 

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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 genrerumor. 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.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 184 ● ISBN 9781793624307 ● Publisher Lexington Books ● Published 2021 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7738441 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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