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Description of  Authoritarian Laughter: Political Humor and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania

Authoritarian Laughter explores the political history of the satire and humor magazine Broom published in Soviet Lithuania. Artists, writers, and journalists were required to create state-sponsored Soviet humor and serve the Communist Party after Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940. Neringa Klumbyt investigates official attempts to shape citizens into Soviet subjects and engage them through a culture of popular humor. Read more