| Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes and Jokes Contributor(s): Adams, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415444071 ISBN-13: 9780415444071 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Revolutionary |
| Dewey: 947.084 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.59 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a large collection of anecdotes and jokes from different periods of the twentieth century to provide an unusual perspective on Soviet and Russian history. 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 anecdotes and jokes in context. |