Learning to laugh: satire and political thought in the Latvian ‘National Age’

Ivars Ījabs

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2019, vol. 50, issue 2, 163-181

Abstract: Satiric publications are often recognized as an important part of the political communication of the nineteenth century. Their role, however, in the national ‘awakenings’ in central eastern Europe has been rarely addressed. This paper argues that satirical publications provide useful material for the research of the political ideology of early Latvian nationalism. The development of the ‘ethnic Other’ in the figure of the Bizmanis or ‘Plaitman,’ the invention of the ‘dumb minority,’ the Malenians, as well as the representation of imperial and provincial forces in animal fables illustrate the development of the political thinking of the emerging national movement.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2018.1479281

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