Humor and rumor in the post-Soviet authoritarian state / Anastasiya Astapova.

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

xii, 171 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

"Informed by ethnographic fieldwork in an authoritarian regime, this book shows how jokes and rumors remind communities of their fears, support paranoia, shape conformist behavior, and, consequently, reinforce the existing hegemony. In this study on everyday life in a repressive regime, Anastasiya Astapova unveils political humor as it is lived"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Astapova, Anastasiya, 1986- Humor and rumor in the post-Soviet authoritarian state Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.

English

April 06, 2021

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-165) and index.