This book presents a large collection of anecdotes and jokes from different periods of the 20th century. Anecdotes and jokes were a hidden form of discursive communication in the Soviet era, lampooning official practices and acting as a confidential form of self-affirmation. They were not necessarily anti-Soviet, by their very nature both criticising existing reality and acting as a form of acquiescence. Above all they provide invaluable insights into everyday life, and the attitudes and concerns of ordinary people. The book also includes anecdotes and jokes from the post-Soviet period, when ordinary people in Russia continued to have to cope with rather grim reality, and the compiler provides extensive introductory and explanatory matter to set the material in context.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415351737
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95185588
Product Key Features
Author
Bruce Adams
Publication Name
Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes and Jokes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
182 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Bruce Adams
Series Title
Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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