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Po práci legraci
Author: Jakub Šofar, Jan Nejedlý
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Po práci legraci gathers the unofficial humor of everyday socialist life in a lexicon. Nicknames, rumors, and parodies reveal how people responded to official language and popular culture between 1948 and 1989.
Jokes, nicknames, parodies, wordplay, and rumors formed a distinctive unofficial language during socialism. Jan Nejedlý and Jakub Šofar collect it in a lexicon showing how popular humor responded to politics, everyday life, popular culture, and official language from 1948 to 1989.
Book information
- Author
- Jan Nejedlý, Jakub Šofar
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- BizBooks
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- humor, satira, kultúrna história, ľudová tvorivosť
- ISBN
- 978-80-265-0543-3
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 184
- E-book formats
- PDF (ISBN 978-80-265-0564-8)
What is Po práci legraci about?
The book is arranged alphabetically, with entries explaining humorous terms, nicknames, jokes, riddles, parodies, and rumors of the period. The authors add commentary to make them understandable to readers who did not experience those years. Rather than a conventional historical account, it documents popular creativity and humor, offering a way to explore contemporary social concerns ranging from politics and everyday consumer life to popular music and erotic subjects.
Themes and motifs
Popular humor
The book documents unofficial jokes, nicknames, parodies, and terms arising in everyday communication.
Socialism in Czechoslovakia
The material covers 1948 to 1989 and responds to the political and social environment of the period.
Language and propaganda
Popular expressions are presented in contrast to the period's official political and ideological language.
Cultural memory
Explanatory commentary preserves the context of allusions that younger readers may no longer understand.
Setting
Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989, covering politics, society, popular culture, everyday life, and erotic subjects.
Who is this book for?
For readers interested in modern Czechoslovak history, humor, folklore, language, social memory, and everyday life under socialism.
Book context
Po práci legraci is Jan Nejedlý and Jakub Šofar's lexicon of popular humor and creativity from the socialist era. BizBooks published it in 2016. SOURCE_FACT lists 184 pages and position 1 in the Po práci legraci series. External book records confirm the series and first volume; a second volume, Po práci legraci II, followed later.
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What is Po práci legraci about?
It is a lexicon of popular humor from the socialist era, collecting and explaining nicknames, jokes, riddles, parodies, rumors, and other forms of popular creativity.
Who wrote Po práci legraci?
The authors are Jan Nejedlý and Jakub Šofar.
Is Po práci legraci a novel?
No. It is a thematic lexicon and accessible nonfiction documentation of the period's humor and popular creativity.
Which period does the book cover?
The material concerns the years 1948 to 1989.
How is the book organized?
Entries are arranged alphabetically and accompanied by explanatory commentary.
Is Po práci legraci part of a series?
Yes. External book records confirm that it is the first volume of the Po práci legraci series.
Is there a follow-up?
Yes. Po práci legraci II was published later.
How many pages does this edition have?
SOURCE_FACT lists 184 pages.
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