Book review: Jonathan Waterlow (2018). It’s Only a Joke, Comrade! Humour, Trust and Everyday Life Under Stalin (1928-1941). Oxford: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
The book “It’s only a joke, comrade! Humour, trust and everyday life under Stalin (1928-1941)” is a historiographic study of humour created and used by ordinary Soviet citizens in the pre-war period of the Soviet history. The analysis of multiple sources demonstrates the emergence and functioning o...
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2020-07-01
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| Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/352 |