Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing documents the thriving folklore
tradition that circulates in the workplace. Alan Dundes and Carl
Pagter have collected more than two hundred and fifty "signs of the
times"--the office memoranda, parodies, cartoons, and poems that
daily make their way through copy machines, interoffice mail
systems, and fax machines and are affixed to bulletin boards and
water coolers. The rich vein of urban folklore tapped by this
imaginative volume constitutes a great testament to one of the
world's most prolific authors--anonymous. The popularity of the
items featured in this timely book is apparent by their
reproduction in mass or popular cultural form--as greeting cards,
plaques, and bumper stickers--reminding us of the inevitable
interplay between folklore and mass culture. Dundes and Pagter
clearly demonstrate the existence of folklore in the modern urban
technological world and refute the notion that folklore reflects
only the past.
General
Imprint: |
Wayne State University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2000 |
First published: |
May 1991 |
Authors: |
Alan Dundes
• Carl R. Pagter
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
436 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8143-2358-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8143-2358-8 |
Barcode: |
9780814323588 |
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