Death to Bureaucrats! The Bureaucrat Comedy from the Soviet Union to Cuba (1928–1966)

Death to Bureaucrats! The Bureaucrat Comedy from the Soviet Union to Cuba (1928–1966)

In this essay, I identify the primary characteristics of the bureaucrat comedy genre and demonstrate its ideological significance by analyzing Death of a Bureaucrat in relation to socialist political discourse and five Soviet films: Don Diego and Pelageia (Don Diego i Peageia, Iakov Protazanov, 1928...

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Veröffentlicht in:Discourse (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2022-03, Vol.44 (2), p.123-157
1. Verfasser: Humphreys, Laura-Zoë
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Administrative Organization
Aesthetics
Artists
Audiences
Bureaucracy
Bureaucrats
Comedies
Comedy
Criticism
Cuban culture
Film Production
Genre
Government (Administrative Body)
Ideology
Individual Needs
Literary Genres
Motion picture directors & producers
Politics
Public interest
Realism
Russian culture
Scientific Research
Social Systems
Socialist realism
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Zusammenfassung:In this essay, I identify the primary characteristics of the bureaucrat comedy genre and demonstrate its ideological significance by analyzing Death of a Bureaucrat in relation to socialist political discourse and five Soviet films: Don Diego and Pelageia (Don Diego i Peageia, Iakov Protazanov, 1928), My Grandmother (Chemi Bebia, Kote Mikaberidze, 1929), Volga Volga (Grigorii Aleksandrov, 1938), Carnival Night (Karnaval'naia noch,' Eldar Riazanov, 1956), and Welcome! or, No Trespassing (Dobro pozhalovat'!ili Postoronnim vkhod vosspreschchen, Elem Klimov, 1964).3
ISSN:1522-5321
1536-1810
1536-1810
DOI:10.1353/dis.2022.0015