Hammer and Tickle looks at the Soviet era and the way humor was shared in the totalitarian regimes which sprung up under communism. Ben Lewis looks at jokes under communism, what was considered funny, what the punishment was for making fun of communism and how the State viewed humor. Lewis traveled throughout Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics, reaching out to communist officials, secret policemen, convicted joke-tellers, etc. to get a unique perspective of the humor of the times. Has some illustrations.
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