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Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union : Krokodil's Political Cartoons

by John Etty

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Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union : Krokodil's Political Cartoons, Hardcover by Etty, John, ISBN 1496820525, ISBN-13 9781496820525, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "After the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet-era Russia experienced a flourishing artistic movement due to relaxed censorship and new economic growth. In this new atmosphere of freedom, Russia's satirical magazine Krokodil (The Crocodile) became rejuvenated. John Etty explores Soviet graphic satire through Krokodil and its political cartoons. He investigates the forms, production, consumption, and functions of Krokodil, focusing on the period from 1954 to 1964. Krokodil remained the longest-serving and mostimportant satirical journal in the Soviet Union, unique in producing state-sanctioned graphic satirical comment on Soviet and international affairs for over seventy years. Etty's analysis of Krokodil extends and enhances our understanding of Soviet graphic satire beyond state-sponsored propaganda. For most of its life, Krokodil consisted of a sixteen-page satirical magazine comprising a range of cartoons, photographs, and verbal texts. Authored by professional and nonprofessional contributors and published by Pravda in Moscow, it produced state-sanctioned satirical comment on Soviet and international affairs from 1922 onward. Soviet citizens and scholars of the USSR recognized Krokodil as the most significant, influential source of Soviet graphic , the magazine enjoyed an international reputation, and many A

  • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
  • Year: 2019
  • ISBN: 9781496820525
  • Condition: Fine

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