02942nam 2200625Ia 450 991095598690332120251116233242.00-8143-3741-4(CKB)2560000000101937(EBL)3416500(SSID)ssj0001051849(PQKBManifestationID)11685337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001051849(PQKBWorkID)11059622(PQKB)10516816(MiAaPQ)EBC3416500(Au-PeEL)EBL3416500(CaPaEBR)ebr10715399(OCoLC)849944682(BIP)44330688(BIP)1755329(EXLCZ)99256000000010193719920421e19921978 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWork hard and you shall be rewarded urban folklore from the paperwork empire /Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter1st ed.Detroit Wayne State University Pressc19921 online resource (249 p.)Humor in Life and Letters SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8143-2432-0 ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""TRADITIONAL LETTERS""; ""DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES""; ""NOVEL NOTICES AND MEMORABLE MEMOS""; ""APPLICATIONS AND TESTS""; ""FOLK CARTOONS AND DRAWINGS""; ""THE EXTENDED DOUBLE ENTENDRE""; ""CONCLUSIONS""Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate, taken an aptitude test, or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate the urban folklore found in this collection. Urban people as a folk are bound together by their unhappy experiences in battling "the system," whether that system is the machinery of government or the office where one works. The wonderfully expressive materials in this book-chain letters, memoranda, notices, and cartoons-touch upon every major controversy of urban America: racism, sex, politics, automation, alienation, welfare, the women's movement, military mentality, and office bureaucracy. The humor of the materials pinpoints the ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes, in turn, an escape from them.Humor in Life and Letters SeriesOffice practiceUnited StatesFolkloreUrban folkloreUnited StatesAmerican wit and humorUnited StatesSocial life and customs1971-Office practiceFolklore.Urban folkloreAmerican wit and humor.398.2/0973/091732Dundes Alan483932Pagter Carl R.1934-701116MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955986903321Work hard and you shall be rewarded4471026UNINA