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Hammer and Tickle by Ben Lewis (2009, Hardcover) 
Hammer and Tickle by Ben Lewis (2009, Hardcover)

 
Hammer and Tickle by Ben Lewis (2009, Hardcover)

Author: Ben Lewis
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication Date: 2009-08-26
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1605980552
ISBN-13: 9781605980553
Product ID: EPID71697590
Description: Did you hear the one about the guy who wrote an entire book about the culture of communist jokes? The first stop on his book tour was Siberia. That guy would be Ben Lewis, who presents a fascinating and funny review of humor from inside ...
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Synopsis
Did you hear the one about the guy who wrote an entire book about the culture of communist jokes? The first stop on his book tour was Siberia. That guy would be Ben Lewis, who presents a fascinating and funny review of humor from inside the iron curtain, which reveals that the western stereotype of communists as dull, solemn drones could not be further from the truth. Lewis explains that private jokes were a necessary tool to help the populace bear the burdens of poverty and oppression which often came attached to communist rule. The jokes were often used by sympathetic citizens as codes for communicating their discontent and celebrating their endurance under such dire conditions, though telling one to the wrong person could be no laughing matter.

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Publication Date:2009-08-26

Size
Length:354 pages
Height:9.2 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:18.9 oz

Publisher's Note
Through the subversive jokes and cartoons used by those under the thumb of Communist regimes, the author shows what the average citizen truly thought about Lenin, Stalin, the Stasi, and even Gorbachev, in a book that captures how an oppressed people found solace in shared humor.

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