
Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State
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Chapter 1: Why Does the Jelly Tremble? Surveillance Rumors and the Vernacular Panopticon
Chapter 2: Why Do All Dictators Have Moustaches? Political Jokes in the Authoritarian State
Chapter 3: Joking about the Fear (of Joking)
Chapter 4: The Making of the President: Lukashenko's Official Image and Vernacular Ridicule
Chapter 5: When the President Comes: Potemkin Villages
Chapter 6: "There is a High Probability of the Mustachioed Dude's Victory": Election Without Choice
Conclusion: Every Joke Has Only a Shred of Joke to It
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